The Northern Securities Company was formed in 1902 by railroad interests to continue their monopoly on rail commerce. The company was sued in 1902 under the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 by President Theodore Roosevelt, one of the first anti-trust cases filed against corporate interests. In 1904, the US Supreme Court confirmed the ruling in
Northern Securities Co. v. United States, and the trust was dissolved.
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