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 Co. v. United States
surface form: 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 of America
surface form: 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 antitrust case Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States
surface form: Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States
historicalEra Progressive Era
holding Northern Securities Company
surface form: 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 of America
surface form: 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
surface form: Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890
result Northern Securities Company ordered to be dissolved
vote 5–4
yearArgued 1903
yearDecided 1904

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William R. Day notableCase Northern Securities Co. v. United States
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
this entity surface form: Northern Securities Co. v. United States decision
Theodore Roosevelt administration majorEvent Northern Securities Co. v. United States
this entity surface form: Northern Securities antitrust case
Joseph McKenna participatedIn Northern Securities Co. v. United States
Northern Securities Co. v. United States alsoKnownAs Northern Securities Co. v. United States
this entity surface form: Northern Securities Case