Complex sentence: However, several railroads challenged the agency's rate-making authority in 1897, with the Supreme Court ruling that the ICC had no power to fix rates; this ultimately nullified the clause stating that the short haul should cost no more than the long haul.
Split into simpler sentences: However, several railroads challenged the agency's rate-making authority in 1897, with the Supreme Court ruling that the ICC had no power to fix rates. This ultimately nullified the clause stating that the short haul should cost no more than the long haul.