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Source: Chief Justice Roger B. Taney’s opinion in Supreme Court case //Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge// (1837) The interests of the great body of the people of t he state, would, in this instance, be affected by the surrender of this great line of travel to a single corporation, with the right to exact toll, and exclude not forget, that the community also have rights, and that the happiness and well-being of ever citizen depends on their faithful preservation. …The charter of 1785 to the proprietors of the Charles river bridge… confers on the ordinary faculties of a corporation, for the purpose of building a bridge; and establishes certain rates of toll, which the company are authorized to take…. There is no exclusive privilege given to them over the waters of Charles River, above or below their bridge; no right to erect another bridge themselves, nor to prevent other persons from erecting one; no engagements from the state, that another should not be erected; and no undertaking not to sanction competition, nor to make improvements that may diminish to amount of its income.

equality of economic opputunity - Supports competition