United States v. Reese et al., 92 U.S. 214 (March 27, 1876).
13. Act of July 12, 1870 (16 Stat. 235, ch. 251).
Provision making Presidential pardons inadmissible in evidence in Court of Claims, prohibiting their use by that court in deciding claims or appeals, and requiring dismissal of appeals by the Supreme Court in cases where proof of loyalty had been made otherwise than as prescribed by law, held an interference with judicial power under article III, section 1, and with the pardoning power under article II, section 2, clause 1.
United States v. Klein, 13 Wallace 128 (January 29, 1872).
14. Act of June 22, 1874 (18 Stat. 187, sec. 5).
Provision authorizing Federal courts to require production of documents in proceedings, other than criminal, under the revenue laws (the allegations expected to be proved thereby to be taken as proved, on failure to produce such documents), held as applied to a suit for forfeiture under the customs laws, to constitute unreasonable search in violation of the Fourth Amendment.
Boyd v. United States, 116 U.S. 616 (February 1, 1886).
15. Revised Statutes 1977 (act of May 31, 1870, 16 Stat. 144).
Provision that "all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall have the same right in every State and Territory to make and enforce contracts * * * as is enjoyed by white citizens * * *," held invalid under the Thirteenth Amendment.
Hodges v. United States, 203 U.S. 1 (May 28, 1906).