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Quotation from Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States by Supreme Court of the United States
“This is the more necessary because the court by its decision, when interpreted by the language of its opinion, has not only upset the long-settled interpretation of the act, but has usurped the constitutional functions of the legislative branch of the Government.”
Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, Opinion of Justice Harlan, concurring in part and dissenting in part (excerpt) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Harlan charges that reading reasonableness into the act was a legislative act by the Court.
Citation: "This is the more necessary because the court by its decision, when interpreted by the language of its opinion, has not only upset the long-settled interpretation of the act, but has usurped the constitutional functions of the legislative branch of the Government." — Supreme Court of the United States, Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, Opinion of Justice Harlan, concurring in part and dissenting in part (excerpt) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id standard-oil-v-united-states-q6)
Portrait: Edward White, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, 1905, Johnston, Frances Benjamin, 1864-1952, photographer., Public domain.
