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Supreme Court Decision
Hepburn v. Griswold
[75 U.S. 603]
Chase Court,
Decided 4-3,
2/7/1870
Held unconstitutional the Legal Tender Acts (1862-3) which respects payment of pre-existing contacts with wartime paper money, on the basis of contract and due-process clauses.
Part of the "Legal Tender Cases".
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