Munn v. Illinois

Munn v. Illinois
Argued January 14–18, 1876
Decided October 1, 1876
Full case nameMunn v. State of Illinois
Citations94 U.S. 113 (more)
4 Otto 113; 24 L. Ed. 77; 1876 U.S. LEXIS 1842
Holding
The Fourteenth Amendment does not prevent the State of Illinois from regulating charges for use of a business's grain elevators.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Morrison Waite
Associate Justices
Nathan Clifford · Noah H. Swayne
Samuel F. Miller · David Davis
Stephen J. Field · William Strong
Joseph P. Bradley · Ward Hunt
Case opinions
MajorityWaite, joined by Clifford, Swayne, Miller, Davis, Bradley, Hunt
DissentField, joined by Strong
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. XIV
Overruled by
Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Company v. Illinois (1886)

Munn v. Illinois, 94 U.S. 113 (1876), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court upheld the power of state governments to regulate private industries that affect "the common good."[1]

  1. ^ Munn v. Illinois, 94 U.S. 113 (1876).