The supreme court’s ruling in the Trans-Missouri freight association case strengthen the federal government’s power it upheld the Sherman Antitrust Act's authority over railroads.
The United States Supreme Court ruled in United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Association, 166 U.S. 290 (1897), that the Sherman Act, an antitrust law that forbade anticompetitive behaviour in commerce, applied to the railroad sector even though the U.S. Congress had passed a comprehensive set of regulations for that sector.
The Trans-Missouri Freight Association (TMFA), a collection of 18 railroad firms operating west of the Mississippi River, was founded as the defendant to regulate freight schedules and pricing for members. Because these railroad businesses followed the TMFA's defined prices and schedules, the 18 members were able to agree on a standard price for train services.
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