Chapter I: The regulatory problem: A quest for equality and efficiency
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Chapter II: Congress and the standards of equality: the triumph of cultivated ambiguity
A. The reagan bill of 1878
B. 1884-85: The house
C. 1884-85: The senate
D. The cullom committee report
E. The act of 1887
1. The senate: pre-conference
2. The house: pre-conference
3. The senate: post-conference
4. The house: post-conference
F. Summary and prelude
1. Competition and transportation efficiency
2. The cost standards of discrimination
3. The statutory standards of discrimination
4.The legislative purposes of public regulation
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Chapter II: The commission and the courts: The fruits of cultivated ambiguity
A. Personal, locality and long-haul discrimination: the harvest begins
1. The party-rate case
2. The import rate case
3. The wight case: a judicial dilemma
B. The "special case" of long-haul discrimination: the harvest continues
1. The commission's southern railway association decision
2. The San Bernardino case
3. The social circle case
4. The trammell doctrine
5. The lagrange case
C. Competition and the supremacy of motivation: the final gathering
1. The chicago live stock case
2. The period in perspective: the "special grace" of competition
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Chapter IV: The past as prologue
A. Competition, discrimination and the evolution of transportation policy
B. Conclusion: legal precedent and economic policy
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