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Munn v. Illinois | |
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Argued January 14–18, 1876 Decided October 1, 1876 | |
Full case name | Munn v. State of Illinois |
Citations | 94 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 | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Waite, joined by Clifford, Swayne, Miller, Davis, Bradley, Hunt |
Dissent | Field, 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]