"All charges made for any service rendered or to be rendered in the transportation of passengers or property... shall be reasonable and just; and every unjust and unreasonable charge for such service is prohibited and declared to be unlawful." — Interstate Commerce Act, 1887
The Supreme Court ruling that necessitated federal action was:
- A
Slaughterhouse Cases (1873)
- Bcheck_circle
Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co. v. Illinois (1886)
- C
Civil Rights Cases (1883)
- D
Munn v. Illinois (1877)
Explanation
Wabash held that states could not regulate interstate rail rates, leaving a regulatory vacuum that Congress filled with the Interstate Commerce Act.