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=Louis Brandeis﻿=

Background Information
 * Was jewish
 * Raised on german culture
 * Highly respected his uncle
 * Grew up in an educated family
 * Was always top of his class and graduated from harvord
 * Started a law firm with a classmate
 * Became weathly enough to work on cases of his own
 * Born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1856
 * liked representing small companies against large
 * liked representing workers for higher wages
 * Beleived that differentiation was what would make America succeed

Main Issue
 * The Railroad and other major corporations have become too powerful and needed to be downsized
 * The New Haven was to purchase the Boston and Main therefore eliminating compettition
 * He predicted this action would eventually cause the New Haven to go Bankrupt
 * He spoke about the New haven becoming a monopoly and not being home town.

Solution
 * He got TR to get the Supreme Justice to file a suit against the New Haven on antitrust violations
 * The New Haven admitted to paying cooperating Politicians
 * The New Haven fell apart just as Brandeis predicted

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