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The Gold Clause Cases were a series of actions brought before the Supreme Court of the United States, in which the court narrowly upheld the Roosevelt administration's adjustment of the gold standard in response to the Great Depression.
In 1972, Roger Redhail, then in high school, was sued in a paternity action in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.He admitted he was the father, and the court ordered him to pay child support in the amount of $109 per month until the child reached eighteen years of age, plus court costs.
Bond coupons that promise to "pay in gold coin" Gold clauses in contracts allow a creditor the option to receive payment in gold or gold equivalent. A gold clause may prove valuable to the creditor in long term contracts, wherein questions may arise as to whether a currency in use at the time the contract was entered into would still have the same value when payment is due.
Dean Milk Co. v. City of Madison, Wisconsin, 340 U.S. 349 (1951), was a United States Supreme Court case dealing with the Dormant Commerce Clause, used to prohibit states from limiting interstate commerce.
Rogers v. Lodge, 458 U.S. 613 (1982), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that an at-large election system for a large rural county with a large black population violated the Equal Protection Clause. [1]
Lerner v. First Wisconsin National Bank of Milwaukee: 294 U.S. 116 (1935) McReynolds 9-0 none none certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (7th Cir.) judgment affirmed (one case); judgment reversed (one case) Wilber National Bank of Oneonta v. United States: 294 U.S. 120 (1935) McReynolds 9-0 none none
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Ableman v. Booth, 62 U.S. (21 How.) 506 (1859), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court unanimously held that state courts cannot issue rulings that contradict the decisions of federal courts, [1] overturning a decision by the Supreme Court of Wisconsin.