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Gibbons v. Ogden, 22 U.S. (9 Wheat.) 1 (1824), was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States which held that the power to regulate interstate commerce, which is granted to the US Congress by the Commerce Clause of the US Constitution, encompasses the power to regulate navigation.
The Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) was a regulatory agency in the United States created by the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887.The agency's original purpose was to regulate railroads (and later trucking) to ensure fair rates, to eliminate rate discrimination, and to regulate other aspects of common carriers, including interstate bus lines and telephone companies.
The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 is a United States federal law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry, particularly its monopolistic practices. [1] The Act required that railroad rates be "reasonable and just", but did not empower the government to fix specific rates.
The Interstate Commerce Commission regulated common carriers and was thus able to render far reaching orders, such as the desegregation of public transportation. After trucking and railroads were largely deregulated, the ICC was replaced with the independent Surface Transportation Board , with remaining functions transferred to the Department ...
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Interstate Circuit, Inc. v. United States, 306 U.S. 208 (1939) Theatre Enterprises v. Paramount Distributing, 346 U.S. 537 (1954), no evidence of illegal agreement, however film distributors gave first film releases to downtown Baltimore theatres, and suburban theatres were forced to wait longer. Held, there needed to be evidence of conspiracy ...
The Interstate Commerce Clause has been used to steadily expand the power of the federal government, as almost any aspect of life, especially after the Industrial Revolution, can in some way be related to interstate commerce. The Shreveport Rate Case was an early example of this expansion.
United States House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (1891–1981), which became the United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce; United States Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce (1887–1947) or Interstate and Foreign Commerce (1947–1961), which merged into the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation