The Northern Securities Decision

Authors

Horace LaFayette Wilgus, University of Michigan Law SchoolFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1904

Abstract

March 14 the Supreme Court of the United States decided one of the most important cases that has been before it for a number of years. The litigation referred to is the Northern Securities case. The question involved was whether the control of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railway companies through the ownership of the majority of the stock of each of those companies by the Securities company violated the national anti-trust act. The majority of the Supreme Court held it did, but four of the judges dissented.

Recommended Citation

Wilgus, Horace LaFayette. "The Northern Securities Decision." Mich. Alumnus 10 (1904): 316-23.