Note 456 — Chapter VII · The Extension of Federal Control through Exclusion from the Mails

Fairbank v. U. S., 181 U. S. 283 (1901). In Union Bridge Co. v. U. S., 204 U. S. 364 (1907) this language was used: “If the means employed have no substantial relation to public objects which the government may legally accomplish, if they are arbitrary and unreasonable beyond the necessities of the case, the judiciary will disregard mere forms and interfere for the protection of rights injuriously affected by such illegal action. The authority of the courts to interfere in such cases is beyond all doubt.” See also Morgan v. Louisiana, 118 U. S. 455 (1886); Postal Tel. Co. v. Adams, 155 U. S. 688 (1895); Collins v. New Hampshire, 171 U. S. 30 (1898), and Henderson v. The Mayor of New York, 92 U. S. 259 (1876).