Legal Opinion
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 13, 1969No. 16PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Black
These cases raise the question whether the Arkansas “full-crew” laws, specifying a minimum number of employees who must serve as part of a train crew under certain circumstances, violate the Commerce Clause or the Fourteenth Amendment. The constitutionality of these Arkansas laws has been specifically upheld against challenges under the same constitutional provisions in three decisions of this Court, in 1911, in 1916, and again in 1931.1 In the present cases, however, the District Court found that as a result of economic and technical *131developments since our last decision on this subject, the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Nebbia v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Ferguson v. SkrupaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- West Coast Hotel Co. v. ParrishSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Sproles v. BinfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
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3Cited by96 opinions
- Heller v. Doe Ex Rel. DoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Vance v. BradleySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Texas Workers' Compensation Commission v. GarciaTexas Supreme Court · 1995
- Hughes v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Kassel v. Consolidated Freightways Corp. of Del.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
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