Barron v. Baltimore, 32 U.S. 243 (1833) was an important United States Supreme Court case. John Barron owned a profitable wharf in the Baltimore harbor. As Baltimore grew sand accumulated in harbor making the waters shallower and restricting his business. He sued the city to recover a portion of his financial losses. The effect of the Court's decision in this case was that the freedoms guaranteed by the Bill of Rights, specifically the right against government taking property without compensation, are restrictions on the federal government alone, and that state governments are not necessarily bound by them. This decision concerned the Fifth Amendment only: some legal scholars feel that the Court's decision in this matter was too broad, and that the justices did not truly intend state governments to be exempted from the entire Bill of Rights. However, Supreme Court cases from the early 20th century onward have interpreted the Fourteenth Amendment to apply the Bill of Rights to the states. These cases include: Gitlow v. New York, 268 U.S. 652 (1925), Wolf v. Colorado, 338 U.S. 25 (1949), and Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335 (1963). Court citation is a standard system used in common law countries such as the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia to uniquely identify the location of past court cases in special series of books called reporters. ... 1833 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Seal of the Supreme Court The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest federal court in the United States of America. ... United States Bill of Rights The Bill of Rights is the name given to the first ten amendments of the United States Constitution. ... Amendment V (the Fifth Amendment) of the United States Constitution, which is part of the Bill of Rights, is related to legal procedure. ... The Fourteenth Amendment may refer to the: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution - contains the due process and equal protection clauses. ... Holding Though the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits states from infringing free speech, the defendant was properly convicted under New Yorks criminal anarchy law for advocating the violent overthrow of the government, through the dissemination of Communist pamphlets. ... 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Holding The Fourteenth Amendment did not impose specific limitations on criminal justice in the states, and that illegally obtained evidence did not necessarily have to be excluded from trials in all cases. ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Holding In this sense, the court ruled specifically that no one, regardless of wealth, education or class, should be charged with a crime and then be forced to face his accusers in court without the guidance of counsel. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

See also

• List of United States Supreme Court cases

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