state power to regulate rate discrimination
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From 229 U.S. 397 - Portland Railway Light Power Company v. Railroad Commission of Oregon · 1913Most cited · 61 citing opinions
The authority of the states to control by appropriate legislation the rates of fare to be charged by street railway companies and other common carriers wholly within their borders and subject to their laws is unquestionable. In the legitimate exercise of such authority we see no reason why a state may not, consistently with due process of law, prohibit any unjust discrimination by a domestic railroad company against certain localities upon its lines.