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gptkbp:instanceOf
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legal case
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gptkbp:applicationNumber
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No. 1
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gptkbp:caseTypes
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civil case
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gptkbp:citedBy
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gptkb:U.S._1_(1890)
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gptkbp:controversy
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January 1890
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gptkbp:court
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gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
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gptkbp:decidedBy
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gptkb:Justice_William_J._Brennan_Jr.
1890
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gptkbp:doctrine
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Commerce Clause
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gptkbp:historicalContext
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Gilded Age America
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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United States v. Western Railway
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gptkbp:impact
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strengthened_the_Interstate_Commerce_Commission
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gptkbp:is_involved_in
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gptkb:United_States
gptkb:Western_Railway_Company
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gptkbp:judges
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affirmed lower court's ruling
Supreme_Court's_authority
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gptkbp:legal_principle
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interstate commerce
federal regulation of railroads
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gptkbp:legal_representation
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gptkb:U.S._Attorney_General
examined state vs. federal powers
Western_Railway's_counsel
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gptkbp:legislation
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gptkb:Interstate_Commerce_Act_of_1887
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gptkbp:notableFeature
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1 U.S. 1 (1890)
dispute over railroad rates
pivotal in shaping transportation law
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gptkbp:outcome
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upheld federal regulations
ruled_in_favor_of_the_United_States
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gptkbp:precedent
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influenced future commerce regulation cases
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gptkbp:relatedPatent
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gptkb:Wabash,_St._Louis_&_Pacific_Railway_Co._v._Illinois
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gptkbp:significance
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established federal authority over interstate commerce
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