1)Munn v. Illinois- Munn had been found guilty by an Illinois court of violating the state laws for the fixing charges on the storage of grain.
2)Wabash v. Illinois- The court said that the state didn't have the power to regulate interstate rates for railroads and this led to the Interstate Commerce Commission. The Interstate Commerce Commission which controlled shipping rates for railroads.
3) Plessy v. Ferguson- Homer Plessy was part black and white he rode on a car that was only for use of white people. When he was asked to leave he refused so he was arrested and thrown in jail. Homer Plessy said that the East Louisiana Railroad had denied him his rights of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution. Homer lost the case because they said that the Fourteenth Amendment treated both whites and blacks equally because whites can't sit in a railroad car that's for blacks.
4)Standard Oil v. United States- This was a case the Supreme Court found the Standard Oil guilty of controlling the petroleum industry by abusive ways. The court's decision was to divide Standard Oil into several firms.
5)Brown v. Board of Education- This case was for African Americans to go to the same school as white people. For all students from any race to have equal rights to choose where they could study.
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