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TIL about the Shreveport Rate Case, a SCOTUS case that allowed the federal government to regulate intrastate commerce when it is needed to regulate interstate commerce. It was brought against an interstate railway that charged shipping rates that favored Texan cities, a policy mandated by the state.

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