Elkins Act — Federal Act (1903) which strengthened the Interstate Commerce Act by prohibiting rebates and other forms of preferential treatment to large shippers … Black's law dictionary
Elkins Act — Federal Act (1903) which strengthened the Interstate Commerce Act by prohibiting rebates and other forms of preferential treatment to large shippers … Black's law dictionary
Elkins Act — A federal statute making it a criminal offense for one knowingly to accept a rebate from a railroad common carrier subject to the provisions of the Interstate Commerce Act. Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co. v United States, 250 US 556, 63 L Ed 1138,… … Ballentine's law dictionary
Mann–Elkins Act — The Mann–Elkins Act was a 1910 United States federal law that is among the Progressive era reforms.[1] The Act extended the authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to regulate the telecommunications industry, and designated… … Wikipedia
Mann-Elkins Act — The Mann Elkins Act (61st Congress, ch. 309, USStat|36|539, enacted June 181910) was a United States federal law that is among the Progressive reforms. The Act extended the authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission to include communications … Wikipedia
Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 — The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 is a United States federal law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry, particularly its monopolistic practices.[1] The Act required that railroad rates be reasonable and just, but did not empower… … Wikipedia
Hepburn Act — The Hepburn Act (59th Congress, Sess. 1, ch. 3591, USStat|34|584, enacted June 291906) gave the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) the power to set maximum railroad rates and led to the discontinuation of free passes to loyal shippers. In… … Wikipedia
Esch-Cummins Act — The Esch Cummins Act of 1920, or Railroad Transportation Act (P.L. 66 152, 41 Stat. 456), returned railroads to private operation after World War I with much regulation. (In December 1917, President Wilson had ordered the creation of the United… … Wikipedia
Communications Act of 1934 — The Communications Act of 1934 is a United States federal law, enacted as Public Law Number 416, Act of June 19, 1934, ch. 652, 48 Stat. 1064, by the 73rd Congress, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, codified as Chapter 5 of Title 47 of… … Wikipedia
Interstate Commerce Act — Interstate Commerce Act, auch Interstate Commerce Law, ist die abgekürzte, gewöhnlich gebrauchte Bezeichnung für das unter dem 4. Februar 1887 erlassene, am 5. April 1887 in Geltung getretene Bundesgesetz der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika, über … Enzyklopädie des Eisenbahnwesens
