Paul v. Virginia

Paul v. Virginia
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 8, 12, 1869 Decided November 1, 1869
Full case name	Samuel Paul v. Virginia
Citations	75 U.S. 168 (more) 8 Wall. 168; 19 L. Ed. 357; 1868 U.S. LEXIS 1092
Holding
1. A corporation is not a citizen within the meaning of the Privileges and Immunities Clause. 2. Congress has no power to regulate insurance under the commerce clause.
Court membership
Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase Associate Justices Samuel Nelson · Robert C. Grier Nathan Clifford · Noah H. Swayne Samuel F. Miller · David Davis Stephen J. Field
Case opinion
Majority	Field, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
U.S. Const. Art. I, § 8. and U.S. Const. Art. IV, § 2
Overruled by
United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Ass'n (1944) (in part)

Paul v. Virginia, 75 U.S. (8 Wall.) 168 (1869), is a U.S. corporate law decision by the United States Supreme Court. It held that a corporation is not a citizen within the meaning of the Privileges and Immunities Clause. Of greater consequence, the Court further held that "issuing a policy of insurance is not a transaction of commerce," effectively removing the business of insurance beyond the United States Congress's legislative reach (until partially overturned in United States v. South-Eastern Underwriters Association).