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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:The_Maximum_Freight_Case
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gptkbp:citation
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169 U.S. 466
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gptkbp:date
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1898-03-07
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gptkbp:decidedBy
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gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
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gptkbp:defendant
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gptkb:Ames
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gptkbp:heldBy
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Railroads are entitled to a fair return on the value of their property
States may not set railroad rates so low as to be confiscatory
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Smyth v. Ames
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gptkbp:impact
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Set precedent for rate regulation cases
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gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy
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gptkb:Justice_John_Marshall_Harlan
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gptkbp:originatedIn
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gptkb:Nebraska
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gptkbp:overruledBy
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gptkb:Federal_Power_Commission_v._Hope_Natural_Gas_Co.
1944
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gptkbp:plaintiff
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gptkb:Smyth
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gptkbp:principle
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gptkb:Due_Process_Clause_of_the_Fourteenth_Amendment
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Munn_v._Illinois
gptkb:Federal_Power_Commission_v._Hope_Natural_Gas_Co.
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gptkbp:subject
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gptkb:legislation
due process
regulation of railroad rates
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Federal_Power_Commission_v._Hope_Natural_Gas_Co.
gptkb:1898_in_United_States_case_law
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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