munnv.illinois



//Munn v. Illinois//

The //Munn v. Illinois// case of 1877 was held in the Supreme Courtwhere they debated whether the Illinois government should regulate the private matters of big businesses. This especially included railroad regulation, which lawyers argued whether only the federal government could control the Interstate Commerce Act. Finally in the //Wabash// case, the Supreme Court agreed that Interstate Railroads would stay unregulated.

Information found:

America's Pathways to the Present- pg. 295

Picture found:

http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/D/1876-1900/reform/munn.htm