White, Edward Douglass

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White, Edward Douglass (1845–1921) US politician, chief justice of the Supreme Court (1910–21). Appointed chief justice by President Taft, he was considered a conservative, and is best known for his “rule of reason” interpretation of the Sherman Antitrust Act, which dissolved the Standard Oil Company. and the American Tobacco Company (1911). He is also responsible for upholding the constitutionality of the Adamson Act (1916), which set an eight-hour day for railroad workers.

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