Interstate Commerce Commission v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company

Interstate Commerce Commission v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company (1916) was a Supreme Court case that addressed whether the ICC could regulate railroad rates set by a company when those rates involved business activities outside the directly regulated area. The Court ruled that the ICC's authority extended only to within-state commerce and did not cover railroad rates involving transportation that crossed state lines if the rates were set based on local considerations. Essentially, the Court limited the ICC’s power, ruling that it could not regulate certain price-setting practices by railroads in multi-state commerce, impacting federal regulation of interstate transportation.