Corporations Received Broad Judicial Protection in the 1880s and 1890s

Corporations received broad judicial protection in the 1880s and 1890s when the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that _____________________.

A) stockholders were not liable for a corporation's debts
B) corporations, like individuals, were protected by laws preventing the government from depriving them of property rights
C) the Bill of Rights prevented the government from interfering with corporate activity
D) general incorporation laws were constitutional