http://www.oyez.org/cases/1851-1900/1872/ U.S. Supreme Court Cases, presented by The Oyez Project (www.oyez.org) en-us <p>Myra Bradwell asserted her right to a license to practice law in Illinois by virtue of her status as a United States citizen. The judges of the Illinois Supreme Court denied her application with only one judge dissenting.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1851-1900/1872/1872_0/ <p>Louisiana had created a partial monopoly of the slaughtering business and gave it to one company. Competitors argued that this created "involuntary servitude," abridged "privileges and immunities," denied "equal protection of the laws," and deprived them of "liberty and property without due process of law."</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1851-1900/1872/1872_2/