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Bowman v. Chicago and North Western Railway Company

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  • Matthews, Stanley
    Stanley Matthews

    In Bowman v. Chicago and North Western Railway Company he declared that a state prohibition of common carriers transporting liquor into the state was unconstitutional because it constituted state regulation of interstate commerce. His most important opinion, given for the court in Yick Wo v. Hopkins…

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    In Bowman v. Chicago and North Western Railway Company he declared that a state prohibition of common carriers transporting liquor into the state was unconstitutional because it constituted state regulation of interstate commerce. His most important opinion, given for the court in Yick Wo v. Hopkins…

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