United States v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co.

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Properties (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf court case
gptkbp:applicationNumber Docket No. 1
gptkbp:caseOutcome United_States_victory
gptkbp:caseTypes No. 1
antitrust case
gptkbp:citedBy 253 U.S. 495
gptkbp:court gptkb:Justice_Sandra_Day_O'Connor
gptkb:Justice_Potter_Stewart
gptkb:Justice_William_O._Douglas
gptkb:Justice_Oliver_Wendell_Holmes_Jr.
gptkb:Justice_Byron_White
gptkb:Justice_John_Paul_Stevens
gptkb:Justice_Thurgood_Marshall
gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkb:Justice_Elena_Kagan
gptkb:Justice_William_J._Brennan_Jr.
gptkb:Justice_Benjamin_Cardozo
gptkb:Justice_Felix_Frankfurter
gptkb:Justice_Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg
gptkb:Justice_Anthony_Kennedy
gptkb:Justice_Hugo_Black
gptkb:Justice_Samuel_Alito
gptkb:Justice_Louis_Brandeis
gptkb:Justice_Sonia_Sotomayor
gptkb:Justice_William_Howard_Taft
unanimous decision
Justice Clarence Thomas
Justice Harlan Fiske Stone
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court
gptkbp:firstClaim railroad regulations
gptkbp:historicalContext post-World_War_I_economy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label United States v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co.
gptkbp:impact antitrust law
transportation industry
gptkbp:involved gptkb:Chicago,_Burlington_&_Quincy_Railroad_Co.
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:judges none
affirmed lower court ruling
majority opinion
April 12, 1920
Supreme_Court_review
gptkbp:legalStatus gptkb:U.S._Attorney_General
regulatory oversight
increased federal power
interstate commerce
monopoly practices
regulation of railroads
federal regulation of commerce
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Interstate_Commerce_Act
gptkbp:notableFeature landmark case
gptkbp:outcome favor_of_United_States
gptkbp:precedent subsequent cases
federal authority over railroads
gptkbp:relatedTo Sherman Antitrust Act
gptkbp:year 1920