Subject: Re: The corporation as a legal fiction
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 13:51:42 -0000



John,

>Anyone know any history behind the legal treatment of corporations as
>"legal persons"?

Following the passage of the 14th Amendment the Supreme Court ruled (in 
Wabash v. Illinois, 1886) that states could not regulate railroad rates. The 
result was corporations being granted the same rights as persons. The 
problem with trying to reverse this is that we're dealing with the 14th, 
which granted blacks protections. Any challenge would be called racist by 
the corporations, diverting attention from the real goal. For more see 
Howard Zinn's "Peoples History...", chapter titled 'Robber Barons and 
Rebels'.

                                    Later, John
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