Northern Securities Co. v. United States

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Northern Securities Co. v. United States was a landmark 1904 U.S. Supreme Court antitrust case that broke up a major railroad holding company and strengthened federal power to regulate monopolies under the Sherman Act.

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instanceOf United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
antitrust case ⓘ
landmark decision ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Northern Securities Case ⓘ
areaOfLaw United States federal law ⓘ
corporate law ⓘ
associatedPerson J. P. Morgan ⓘ
James J. Hill ⓘ
category United States Supreme Court cases of the Fuller Court ⓘ
United States antitrust case law ⓘ
citation 193 U.S. 197 ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate 1904-03-14 ⓘ
defendant Northern Securities Company ⓘ
effect dissolution of Northern Securities Company ⓘ
expanded interpretation of the Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
increased federal regulation of large corporations ⓘ
strengthened federal power to regulate monopolies ⓘ
followedBy Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States ⓘ
historicalEra Progressive Era ⓘ
holding Northern Securities Company violated the Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
federal government could dissolve a railroad holding company that restrained interstate commerce ⓘ
impact encouraged subsequent antitrust suits against large corporations ⓘ
signaled more aggressive federal trust-busting policy ⓘ
involvedCompany Northern Securities Company ⓘ
involvedIndustry railroad ⓘ
involvedRailroad Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad ⓘ
Great Northern Railway ⓘ
Northern Pacific Railway ⓘ
issue legality of a railroad holding company that combined competing railroads ⓘ
scope of federal antitrust enforcement under the Sherman Act ⓘ
legalSubject Sherman Antitrust Act ⓘ
antitrust law ⓘ
competition law ⓘ
federal regulatory power ⓘ
locationOfCourt Washington, D.C. ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy John Marshall Harlan ⓘ
plaintiff United States ⓘ
precededBy United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Association ⓘ
precedentFor later federal antitrust enforcement actions ⓘ
presidentDuringCase Theodore Roosevelt ⓘ
relatedConstitutionalProvision Commerce Clause ⓘ
relatedStatute Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 ⓘ
result Northern Securities Company ordered to be dissolved ⓘ
vote 5–4 ⓘ
yearArgued 1903 ⓘ
yearDecided 1904 ⓘ

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Sherman Antitrust Act → landmarkCase → Northern Securities Co. v. United States ⓘ
Northern Securities Company → significantEvent → Northern Securities Co. v. United States ⓘ
Northern Securities Company → subjectOf → Northern Securities Co. v. United States ⓘ
Northern Securities Company → dissolvedBy → Northern Securities Co. v. United States decision ⓘ
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Theodore Roosevelt administration → majorEvent → Northern Securities antitrust case ⓘ
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Joseph McKenna → participatedIn → Northern Securities Co. v. United States ⓘ
Northern Securities Co. v. United States → alsoKnownAs → Northern Securities Case ⓘ
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Great Northern Railway → involvedIn → Northern Securities antitrust case ⓘ
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Fuller Court → notableCase → Northern Securities Co. v. United States ⓘ