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Cross Lake Club v. Louisiana, 224 U.S. 632 (1912)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Cross Lake Club v. Louisiana, 224 U.S. 632 (1912)
Cross Lake Shooting and Fishing Club v. Louisiana No. 46 Argued April 18, 1912 Decided May 13, 1912 224 U.S. 632
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT
OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
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The contract clause of the federal Constitution is not directed against all impairment of contract obligations, but only against such as result from a subsequent exertion of the legislative power of the state.
The contract clause does not reach mere errors committed by a state court when passing upon the validity and effect of a contract under the laws existing when it was made, and even if such errors operated to impair the contract obligation, there is no federal question, in the absence of a subsequent law, on which to rest the decision of the state court.
Where the state court has decided that the plaintiff in error never acquired title because the grant was not one in praesenti, but depended upon conditions subsequent which had never been fulfilled, and rests its judgment on that fact alone, and not on the effect of a subsequent statute which might have affected the title had the title of plaintiff in error been perfected, there is no federal question.
Writ of error to review 123 La. 208 dismissed.
The facts are stated in the opinion.
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U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Cross Lake Club v. Louisiana, 224 U.S. 632 (1912) in 224 U.S. 632 Original Sources, accessed July 1, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=TJT6KMKGVE2KDBP.
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U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Cross Lake Club v. Louisiana, 224 U.S. 632 (1912), in 224 U.S. 632, Original Sources. 1 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=TJT6KMKGVE2KDBP.
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U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Cross Lake Club v. Louisiana, 224 U.S. 632 (1912). cited in 1912, 224 U.S. 632. Original Sources, retrieved 1 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=TJT6KMKGVE2KDBP.
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