Here are the descriptions matched with the corresponding Supreme Court cases:
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Northern Securities Co. v. United States (1904): The case upheld breaking up the monopoly controlling railroad lines from Chicago to the Pacific Northwest.
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Standard Oil Co. v. United States (1911): The case dissolved a monopoly of the oil industry that had engaged in abusive business practices.
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Lochner v. New York (1905): The case found that state limitations on workers' hours violated their “freedom to contract.”