Note 1647 — ARTICLE I (continued 6)
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Crane v. Hahlo, 258 U.S. 142, 145-146 (1922); Louisiana ex rel. Folsom v. New Orleans, 109 U.S. 285, 288 (1883); Morley v. Lakeshore & M.S.R. Co., 146 U.S. 162, 169 (1892). That the obligation of contracts clause did not protect vested rights merely as such was stated by the Court as early as Satterlee v. Matthewson, 2 Pet. 380, 413 (1829); and again in the Charles River Bridge Co. v. Warren Bridge Co., 11 Pet. 420, 539-540 (1837).