<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Laws applied </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> U.S. Const . amend . XIV </Td> </Tr> <P> Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Company v. Illinois, 118 U.S. 557 (1886), also known as the Wabash Case, was a Supreme Court decision that severely limited the rights of states to control interstate commerce . It led to the creation of the Interstate Commerce Commission . </P> <P> The majority's opinion was written by Justice Samuel Miller; joining him were Justices Stephen Field, John Harlan, William Woods, Thomas Matthews, and Samuel Blatchford . Dissenting were Chief Justice Morrison Waite and Justices Joseph Bradley and Horace Gray . </P>

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