Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Company v. Illinois
Case Date: 05/03/1886
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The Court held that Illinois had violated the Commerce Clause by placing a direct
burden on interstate commerce. Under the Commerce Clause only Congress had the power to do so and states could only place indirect burdens on commerce.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Morrison Waite
Associate Justices
Samuel F. Miller · Stephen J. Field
Joseph P. Bradley · John M. Harlan
William B. Woods · T. Stanley Matthews
Horace Gray · Samuel Blatchford
Case opinions
Majority
Miller, joined by Field, Harlan, Woods, Matthews, Blatchford
Dissent
Waite, joined by Bradley, Gray
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. XIV
Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Company v. Illinois, 118 U.S. 557 (1886)[1], also known as the Wabash Case, was a Supreme Court decision that severely limited the rights of states to control interstate commerce. It led to the creation of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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