Northern Securities Co. v. United States

Northern Securities Company v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued December 14–15, 1903 Decided March 14, 1904
Full case name	Northern Securities Company, et al., Apts. v. United States
Citations	193 U.S. 197 (more) 24 S. Ct. 436; 48 L. Ed. 679
Court membership
Chief Justice Melville Fuller Associate Justices John M. Harlan · David J. Brewer Henry B. Brown · Edward D. White Rufus W. Peckham · Joseph McKenna Oliver W. Holmes Jr. · William R. Day
Case opinions
Plurality	Harlan, joined by Brown, McKenna, Day
Concurrence	Brewer (in judgment)
Dissent	White, joined by Fuller, Peckham, Holmes
Dissent	Holmes, joined by Fuller, White, Peckham
Laws applied
Sherman Antitrust Act

Northern Securities Co. v. United States, 193 U.S. 197 (1904), was a case heard by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1903. The Court ruled 5-4 against the stockholders of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railroad companies, which had essentially formed a monopoly and to dissolve the Northern Securities Company.