What was the Supreme Court’s decision in Barron v. Baltimore in 1833?

In Barron v. Baltimore (1833), the Supreme Court ruled that the Bill of Rights limited the federal government, not state governments. Barron therefore could not use the Fifth Amendment’s protection against taking private property without compensation to sue the city of Baltimore. The Fourteenth Amendment was not adopted until 1868, so it could not have been the basis for the decision.

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