Understanding the Act to Regulate Commerce through Supreme Court interpretations
This book clarifies how the Act’s rules on publishing, posting, and enforcing tariffs were meant to work, as seen through the Supreme Court’s decisions. It helps readers grasp the historical and legal context of early federal regulation of interstate trade.
The volume compiles and explains key rulings that shaped the law’s practical effect on rates, postings, and compliance. It guides readers through how published schedules become operative, the difference between posting and publishing, and how the Interstate Commerce Commission’s authority was applied in various cases. By focusing on foundational questions, it makes complex doctrine accessible to students, researchers, and professionals.
- Learn how tariffs were established and made legally operative under the Act.
- See why posting two copies in depots was considered a public facility, not a prerequisite to validity.
- Explore how courts treated rate filing, posting requirements, and penalties for misquoting rates.
- Understand how through rates, local rates, and published schedules influenced railroad practice and shipper obligations.
Ideal for readers of legal history, regulatory law, and early 20th-century commerce policy, as well as students studying the evolution of U.S. interstate commerce regulation.