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Champion v. Ames 

Champion v. Ames Despite their opposition to many state measures regulating business, the justices, with a few significant exceptions, proved remarkably receptive to reading broad authority into the . . .

Plessy v. Ferguson 

Plessy v. Ferguson Louisiana enacted a statute in 1890 that required railroads to provide “equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races” and barred individuals from o . . .

Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. I 

Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. I Also known as the Income Tax Cases . . .

Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. II 

Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. II Also known as the Income Tax Cases . . .

United States v. E.C. Knight Co. 

United States v. E.C. Knight Co. The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, which remains the basis for nearly all federal antitrust prosecutions to this day, outlawed every “contract, combination in t . . .