Interstate Commerce Act
E373211
The Interstate Commerce Act is a landmark 1887 U.S. federal law that established federal regulation of railroads and later other carriers to ensure fair rates and prohibit discriminatory practices in interstate transportation.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Interstate Commerce Act canonical | 9 |
| Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 | 6 |
| Interstate Commerce Act (as to oil pipelines) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3615218 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Interstate Commerce Act Context triple: [Boynton v. Virginia, statuteInterpreted, Interstate Commerce Act]
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A.
Sherman Antitrust Act
The Sherman Antitrust Act is a landmark 1890 U.S. federal law that outlawed monopolistic business practices and formed the foundation of American antitrust policy.
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B.
Hepburn Act regulation of railroads
The Hepburn Act regulation of railroads was a landmark 1906 U.S. law that greatly strengthened federal oversight of railroad rates and practices by expanding the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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C.
Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914
The Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914 is a landmark U.S. law that created the Federal Trade Commission and empowered it to prevent unfair methods of competition and deceptive business practices.
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D.
Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914
The Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 is a U.S. law that strengthened and clarified antitrust regulations by targeting specific anti-competitive practices and providing greater protections for labor unions and consumers.
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E.
Wheeler–Howard Act
The Wheeler–Howard Act, formally known as the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, is a U.S. federal law that ended the allotment of tribal lands and aimed to restore tribal self-government and communal landholding for Native American tribes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Interstate Commerce Act Target entity description: The Interstate Commerce Act is a landmark 1887 U.S. federal law that established federal regulation of railroads and later other carriers to ensure fair rates and prohibit discriminatory practices in interstate transportation.
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A.
Sherman Antitrust Act
The Sherman Antitrust Act is a landmark 1890 U.S. federal law that outlawed monopolistic business practices and formed the foundation of American antitrust policy.
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B.
Hepburn Act regulation of railroads
The Hepburn Act regulation of railroads was a landmark 1906 U.S. law that greatly strengthened federal oversight of railroad rates and practices by expanding the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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C.
Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914
The Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914 is a landmark U.S. law that created the Federal Trade Commission and empowered it to prevent unfair methods of competition and deceptive business practices.
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D.
Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914
The Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 is a U.S. law that strengthened and clarified antitrust regulations by targeting specific anti-competitive practices and providing greater protections for labor unions and consumers.
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E.
Wheeler–Howard Act
The Wheeler–Howard Act, formally known as the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, is a U.S. federal law that ended the allotment of tribal lands and aimed to restore tribal self-government and communal landholding for Native American tribes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States federal statute
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regulatory law ⓘ |
| amended |
Hepburn Act
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Mann–Elkins Act ⓘ Motor Carrier Act of 1935 ⓘ Staggers Rail Act ⓘ Transportation Act of 1920 ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
interstate transportation
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transportation of passengers and property ⓘ |
| citation | 24 Stat. 379 ⓘ |
| constitutionalBasis |
Commerce Clause
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surface form:
Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution
|
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| createdAgencyType | independent regulatory commission ⓘ |
| dateEnacted | 1887-02-04 ⓘ |
| enactedBy | United States Congress ⓘ |
| enforcementMechanism | orders and proceedings of the Interstate Commerce Commission ⓘ |
| established | Interstate Commerce Commission ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
first federal law to regulate private industry in the United States
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landmark in development of federal administrative regulation ⓘ |
| ledTo | expansion of federal regulatory power over transportation ⓘ |
| legalBasisFor |
federal regulation of other common carriers
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federal regulation of pipelines ⓘ federal regulation of railroads ⓘ federal regulation of trucking ⓘ |
| partiallyRepealedBy |
Motor Carrier Act of 1980
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Staggers Rail Act ⓘ |
| partiallySupersededBy | ICC Termination Act of 1995 ⓘ |
| prohibits |
pooling of freight or earnings
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preferences to particular shippers ⓘ rebates ⓘ unjust discrimination in rates ⓘ unreasonable rates ⓘ |
| purpose |
to ensure reasonable and just railroad rates
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to prohibit rate discrimination in interstate commerce ⓘ to regulate interstate transportation ⓘ |
| regulates |
common carriers engaged in interstate commerce
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interstate carriers ⓘ railroads ⓘ |
| requires |
filing of tariffs with the Interstate Commerce Commission
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publication of freight and passenger rates ⓘ railroad rates to be reasonable and just ⓘ |
| shortDescription | 1887 U.S. federal law regulating interstate railroad rates and practices ⓘ |
| signedBy | Grover Cleveland ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
common carrier obligations
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interstate commerce ⓘ railroad regulation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Interstate Commerce Act Description of subject: The Interstate Commerce Act is a landmark 1887 U.S. federal law that established federal regulation of railroads and later other carriers to ensure fair rates and prohibit discriminatory practices in interstate transportation.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Interstate Commerce Commission enforcement order against segregation
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basedOn
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Interstate Commerce Act
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this entity surface form:
Interstate Commerce Act (as to oil pipelines)
subject surface form:
Hepburn Act
this entity surface form:
Interstate Commerce Act of 1887
this entity surface form:
Interstate Commerce Act of 1887
this entity surface form:
Interstate Commerce Act of 1887
Bruce Boynton was convicted of trespass after refusing to leave a whites-only restaurant in a bus terminal
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legalBasis
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Interstate Commerce Act
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subject surface form:
Boynton v. Virginia
this entity surface form:
Interstate Commerce Act of 1887
this entity surface form:
Interstate Commerce Act of 1887
this entity surface form:
Interstate Commerce Act of 1887