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ILLINOIS CENTRAL R.R. CO. v. ILLINOIS

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108 U.S. 541 (1883)

2 S.Ct. 839

27 L.Ed. 818

ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY, v. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 7, 1883.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John A. Campbell and Mr. John N. Jewett for plaintiff in error.

Mr. James McCartney, Attorney-General of Illinois, Mr. James K. Edsall, and Mr. John B. Hawley for defendant in error.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court.

The case follows in all respects Ruggles v. Illinois, ante.

This case, like that of Ruggles v. Illinois, just decided, presents the question whether the State of Illinois has entered into a contract with a railroad corporation not to exercise the legislative power to regulate charges for the carriage of persons and property upon the railroad of the corporation. It is not...

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