He was a [[conservative]] justice - a prime advocate of the substantive due process theory - which at the time was used to protect property rights, though in a modern sense has been used by [[liberals]] as justification for the "privacy right" on which cases such as [[Griswold v. Connecticut]], [[Roe v. Wade]] and [[Casey v. Planned Parenthood]] are based.<ref name="jrank"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stanford.edu/group/psylawseminar/Substantive%20Due%20Process.htm|work=Stanford|title=Substantive Due Process|language=English}}</ref> He dissented in the ''Slaughter-House Cases'', which upheld a [[Louisiana]] law that allowed for a [[monopoly]], and also from ''Munn v. Illinois'', in which the majoriy affirmed that [[Illinois]] had the right to fix maximum storage rates charged by grain elevators and public warehouses.<ref name="jrank"/> Later, the rest of the Court would adopt Field's pro-[[free enterprise]] attitude.<ref name="jrank"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/personality/robes_field.html|language=English|work=PBS|title=Stephen Johnson Field}}</ref> | He was a [[conservative]] justice - a prime advocate of the substantive due process theory - which at the time was used to protect property rights, though in a modern sense has been used by [[liberals]] as justification for the "privacy right" on which cases such as [[Griswold v. Connecticut]], [[Roe v. Wade]] and [[Casey v. Planned Parenthood]] are based.<ref name="jrank"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stanford.edu/group/psylawseminar/Substantive%20Due%20Process.htm|work=Stanford|title=Substantive Due Process|language=English}}</ref> He dissented in the ''Slaughter-House Cases'', which upheld a [[Louisiana]] law that allowed for a [[monopoly]], and also from ''Munn v. Illinois'', in which the majoriy affirmed that [[Illinois]] had the right to fix maximum storage rates charged by grain elevators and public warehouses.<ref name="jrank"/> Later, the rest of the Court would adopt Field's pro-[[free enterprise]] attitude.<ref name="jrank"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/personality/robes_field.html|language=English|work=PBS|title=Stephen Johnson Field}}</ref> |