THE TRANS-MISSOURI CASE: DOES THE SHERMAN ACT APPLY TO THE RAILROADS?
In 1887, in answer to railroad abuses of monopoly power, Congress passed the Interstate Commerce Act, which created the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC). In the next decade the Commission’s powers were considerably diminished by a series of Supreme Court decisions in cases in which the railroads...
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| Language: | English |
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Economic & Business History Society
2003-06-01
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| Series: | Essays in Economic and Business History |
| Online Access: | https://www.ebhsoc.org/journal/index.php/ebhs/article/view/113 |