What be terms the "populist" efforts were rooted in discontent with a series of federal and state decisions stretching back to the Slaughterhouse Cases of 1873 where the doctrine of "substantive due process" first made an appearance. A Muted Fury: Populists, Progressives and Labor Unions Confron...
Slaughterhouse Cases,cases decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1873. In 1869 the Louisiana legislature granted a 25-year monopoly to a slaughterhouse concern in New Orleans for the stated purpose of protecting the people's health. Other slaughterhouse operators barred from their trade brought sui...