Confiscatory regulation
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Definitions from Case Law
From 244 U.S. 388 - Mississippi Railroad Commission v. Mobile & Ohio Railroad · 1917Most cited · 132 citing opinions
This power of regulation, if it is exercised in such an arbitrary or unreasonable manner as to prevent the company from obtaining a fair return upon the property invested in the public service, passes beyond lawful bounds and is void, because repugnant to the due process of law provision of the 14th Amendment.