Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Company v. Illinois

Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Company v. Illinois
by Samuel Freeman Miller

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Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Company v. Illinois, 118 U.S. 557 (1886), also known as the Wabash Case, was a Supreme Court decision that severely limited the rights of states to control interstate commerce. It led to the creation of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Warning: template has been deprecated.

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Court Documents

Opinion of the Court

United States Supreme Court

118 U.S. 557

Wabash St. Railway Company v. Illinois

H. S. Greene and W. C. Goudy, for plaintiff in error.

[Citations for Defendant in Error from 559 intentionally omitted]

Geo. Hunt, Atty. Gen. of Illinois, for defendant in error.

[Argument of Counsel on pages 559-560 intentionally omitted]

MILLER, J.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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