The Republic for Which It Stands: The United States during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896 (Oxford History of the United States)

by Richard White

The ability of corporations and large employers to gain more and more influence over the courts and the ability of those courts to deploy force in support of private companies shifted the balance of power between workers and employers. Gould gambled that the courts would be on his side, and he was right.