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Quotation from Slaughter-House Cases by Supreme Court of the United States
“It is quite clear, then, that there is a citizenship of the United States, and a citizenship of a State, which are distinct from each other, and which depend upon different characteristics or circumstances in the individual.”
Slaughter-House Cases, Opinion of the Court (Miller, J.) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
The distinction on which the majority's reading of the Privileges or Immunities Clause depends.
Citation: "It is quite clear, then, that there is a citizenship of the United States, and a citizenship of a State, which are distinct from each other, and which depend upon different characteristics or circumstances in the individual." — Supreme Court of the United States, Slaughter-House Cases, Opinion of the Court (Miller, J.) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id slaughter-house-cases-q2)
Portrait: Samuel Freeman Miller - Brady-Handy, Mathew Benjamin Brady / Levin Corbin Handy, Public domain.
