State direct burden on interstate commerce
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 233 U.S. 75 - Kansas City Southern Railway Company v. Kaw Valley Drainage District of Wyandotte County Kansas No 313 Kansas City Terminal Railway Company · 1914Most cited · 122 citing opinions
The decisions also show that a state cannot avoid the operation of this rule by simply invoking the convenient apologetics of the police power. It repeatedly has been said or implied that a direct interference with commerce among the states could not be justified in this way. 'The state can do nothing which will directly burden or impede the interstate traffic of the company, or impair the usefulness of its facilities for such traffic.
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