Northern Securities Co. v. U.S.
Supreme Court decision
By: John Marshall Harlan
Date: March 14, 1904
Source: Harlan, John Marshall. Northern Securities Co. v. U.S. 193 U.S. 197 (1904). Available online at http://www.caselaw.lp.findlaw.com (accessed November 22, 2002).
About the Author: John Marshall Harlan (1833–1911), "the Great Dissenter," was born in Kentucky. After pursuing a career as a lawyer and politician, he served on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1877 until his death. Harlan was famous for his dissenting opinions, including lone dissents in Plessy v. Ferguson and Berea College v. Kentucky. Before being appointed a Supreme Court justice, he was attorney general of Kentucky and the Republican gubernatorial candidate in Kentucky in 1871 and in 1875.
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