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Legal Citation: 24 F.Cas. 829 (1873)

Plaintiff
United States

Defendant
Susan B. Anthony

Plaintiff's Claim
That Anthony had voted illegally.

Chief Prosecutor
Richard Crowley, U.S. District Attorney

Chief Defense Lawyers
Henry R. Selden, John Van Voorhis

Judge
Supreme Court Justice Ward Hunt

Place
Canandaigua, New York

Date of Decision
18 June 1873

Decision
Anthony was convicted of voting illegally.

Significance
Was one of the first in a series of decisions—including two rendered by the full Supreme Court—which found that Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution did not expand or protect women's rights, an interpretation which remained unchanged for almost 100 years.

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