...statement of that used in the Munn case, where the courts refused to interfere in the following language: We know that this is a power which may be abused; but this is no argument against the existence. For protection against abuses of legislatures the people...

...a question for the legislature to determine, and not for the courts. " We know." said the court. " that this is a power which may be abused ; but that...legislatures the people must resort to the polls, and not to the courts." Justice Field filed a vigorous dissent from the proposition that the State...

...meet this new development of commercial progress." That the power might be abused, the Court said, was no argument against its existence. "For protection...people must resort to the polls, not to the Courts." Judge Field alone dissented, stating that it appeared to him "that the Court holds that property loses...

...government therein. In the Munn case, Justice Waite, in discussing the existence of this power, said: "We know that this is a power which may be abused;...against its existence. For protection against abuses by the legislatures the people must resort to the polls, not to the courts." Again, the same Justice,...

...the right to establish the maximum of charge, as one of the means of regulation, is implied. . . . We know that this is a power which may be abused;...argument against its existence. For protection against abuse by the Legislatures the people must resort to the polls, not to the courts. In another of the...

...controlled by the public for the common good, to the extent of the interest he has thus created." " For protection against abuses by legislatures the...people must resort to the polls, not to the courts." Furthermore, the court had built up through a long series of decisions the doctrine which came to be...

...the right to establish the maximum of charge, as one of the means of regulation, is implied. . . . We know that this is a power which may be abused;...people must resort to the polls, not to the courts. ... Of the propriety of legislative interference within the scope of legislative power, the legislature...

...property in which the public has an interest, is only changing a regulation which existed before. . . . We know that this is a power which may be abused;...people must resort to the polls, not to the courts." J That this position with respect to the scope of judicial authority over legislative enactments was...

...unconstitutional a state statute regulating business undertakings. Chief Justice Waite took the position that for protection against abuses by legislatures the...people must resort to the polls, not to the courts. When Wisconsin limited the passenger and freight rates of railroads in the State he contended that...

...commercial progress." 4. The possibility of abuse of this power is no argument against its existence. 5. " For protection against abuses by legislatures, the...people must resort to the polls, not to the courts." The dissenting opinion. Judge Field, the only dissenting judge, held: 1. According to the majority...