Smyth v. Ames

aka: The Maximum Freight Case, was an 1898 United States Supreme Court case.The Supreme Court voided a Nebraska railroad tariff law, declaring that it violated the Fourteenth Amendment and  that regulated industries have the right to a "fair return" for their property. The businesses claimed the law was confiscation, and therefore unconstitutional. They said the law would make a difference of $2,250,00 annually. The Supreme Court declared the maximum rate bill unconstitutional. Businessmen were pleased by the decision, and believed it would give stability to railroad investments.

Interstate Commerce Commission was weakened by the Court's decision.

Locher v. New York(1905)

Muller v. Oregon

Bunter v. Oregon

Interstate Commerce Act 1887

Maximun Freight Cases of 1897

Interstate Commerce Commision v. Alabama Midland Railroad 

Sherman Antitrust Act 1890

United States v. E.C. Knight Company 

In Re Debs 1895

Northern Securities Company v. United States

The Trust Cases

The Elkins Act

Polluck v. Famers Loan and Trust 

Hammer v. Dagenhart 1918

Bailey v. Drexel Furniture 1922

Bolshevik Revolution

The Red Scare

United States v. U.S. Steel Corporation

The Sacco and Vanzetti Trial

Federal Trade Commision v. Grats

The Transportation Act

Railroad Commision of Wisconsin v. Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad

Dayton-Goose Creek Railway Company v. United States

Stafford v. Wallace 1992

Euclid v. Amber Realty 1926