http://www.oyez.org/cases/1901-1939/1910/ U.S. Supreme Court Decisions, presented by The Oyez Project (www.oyez.org) en-us <p>Did the Alabama law violate the Thirteenth Amendment?</p><p>The Court, through Hughes, argued that the law was a restriction on personal rights. Judged by its effect and not by its pretense, the law violated the Thirteenth Amendment. Involuntary servitude meant more than slavery.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1901-1939/1910/1910_300/ <p>Does Oklahoma have the power to locate its seat of government when Congress has imposed conditions limiting that location?</p><p>Yes. This was congressional overreaching. States are on an equal footing to determine their own location for the seat of government.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1901-1939/1910/1910_941/ <p>Does the injunction abridge free speech and press?</p><p>The Court refused to reexamine the validity of the injunction issued by the lower court. However, the convictions were reversed on the ground that the contempts were civil but the lower court had treated them as criminal in nature. The aim of civil contempt is remediation while the purpose of crminal contempt is punitive.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1901-1939/1910/1910_372/