United States v. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co.

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf court case
gptkbp:caseOutcome promoted fair competition
favorable to the government
limited railroad monopolies
gptkbp:caseTypes No. 1
civil case
antitrust case
federal case
gptkbp:court gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court
gptkbp:date January 12, 1914
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:historicalContext Progressive Era
early 20th century America
gptkbp:historicalSignificance set precedent for future cases
influenced public policy
landmark_case_in_U.S._legal_history
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label United States v. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co.
gptkbp:impact transportation industry
railroad industry
gptkbp:involved gptkb:United_States
gptkb:Baltimore_and_Ohio_Railroad_Company
gptkbp:judges gptkb:Justice_Oliver_Wendell_Holmes_Jr.
gptkb:Justice_William_R._Day
gptkb:Justice_Louis_Brandeis
gptkb:Justice_William_Howard_Taft
gptkb:Justice_John_H._Clarke
gptkb:Justice_Edward_Douglass_White
gptkbp:legalStatus gptkb:U.S._Department_of_Justice
market competition
antitrust laws
affirmed lower court ruling
restraint of trade
dissolution of monopolistic practices
enforced antitrust laws
monopolistic_practices
Baltimore_and_Ohio_Railroad's_attorneys
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Hepburn_Act
gptkb:Interstate_Commerce_Act
Clayton Antitrust Act
gptkbp:outcome increased regulation
reduced monopolistic power
ruling against the railroad
strengthened_antitrust_enforcement
gptkbp:precedent future antitrust cases
gptkbp:relatedPatent gptkb:United_States_v._American_Tobacco_Co.
gptkb:Northern_Securities_Co._v._United_States
gptkb:United_States_v._Standard_Oil_Co.
gptkbp:relatedTo Sherman Antitrust Act
gptkbp:significance impact on railroad regulation
gptkbp:year 1914