In Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad, 118 U. S. 394 ( 1886 ), the reporter noted in the headnote to the opinion that the Chief Justice began oral argument by stating, " The court does not wish to hear argument on the question whether the provision in the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which forbids a State to deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws, applies to these corporations.

In Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad ( 1886 ), the Supreme Court held, ipse dixit, that it considered the Fourteenth Amendment applicable to corporate activities.

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