Commodity clause
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From 238 U.S. 516 - United States v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad · 1915Most cited · 192 citing opinions
The commodity clause of the Hepburn act was intended to prevent railroads from occupying the dual and inconsistent positions of public carrier and private shipper; and, in order to separate the business of transportation from the business of selling, that statute made it unlawful for railroads to transport in interstate commerce any coal in which the company had 'any interest, direct or indirect.