Northern Pac. Ry. Co. v. Cooney

PRAY, District Judge.

This suit was brought by the above-named plaintiffs against the above-named defendants praying for a decree declaring void that certain statute enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the state of Montana requiring all railroad engines and locomotives to be equipped with a rear headlight (Laws Mont. 1935, c. 75), as one in violation of the commerce clause of the Federal Constitution (art. 1, § 8, cl. 3), and also in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment thereof. Application was made by plaintiffs for an interlocutory injunction to restrain the defendants from enforcing the…