Wabash Case (Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Company v. Illinois)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Wabash_Case_(Wabash,_St._Louis_&_Pacific_Railway_Company_v._Illinois)
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:citation 118 U.S. 557
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date 1886
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:defendant gptkb:State_of_Illinois
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy gptkb:Joseph_P._Bradley
gptkb:John_Marshall_Harlan
gptkbp:docketNumber No. 631
gptkbp:effect Led to creation of Interstate Commerce Commission
Limited state power over railroads
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Wabash,_St._Louis_&_Pacific_Railway_Company_v._Illinois
gptkbp:heldBy States may not regulate interstate commerce
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Wabash Case (Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Company v. Illinois)
gptkbp:legalSubject Commerce Clause
Interstate commerce
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:Samuel_Freeman_Miller
gptkbp:overruledBy Munn v. Illinois (in part)
gptkbp:plaintiff gptkb:Wabash,_St._Louis_&_Pacific_Railway_Company
gptkbp:predecessor federal regulation of railroads
gptkbp:relatedLegislation gptkb:Interstate_Commerce_Act_of_1887
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Wabash,_St._Louis_&_Pacific_Railway_Company
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7