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Section 14

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Section 14
Parent Document
Troy Ltd. v. Renna, 727 F.2d 287 (1984)
Effective Date
1984-01-30

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Article I, section 10 of the United States Constitution prohibits the states from passing a “Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts.” Historically, the Supreme Court has analyzed quite differently the operation of that clause on contracts between private parties and states, on the one hand, and on contracts among private parties on the other. The district court’s reliance on United States Trust Co. v. New Jersey, 431 U.S. 1, 97 S.Ct. 1505, 52 L.Ed.2d 92 (1977), requires that we examine this longstanding distinction. A.