St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Arkansas
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP ARKANSAS. The facts, which involve the constitutionality under the commerce, due process and equal protection provisions of the Constitution of the United States and of the Fourteenth Amendment thereto, of the full switching crew statute of Arkansas, are stated in the opinion.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP ARKANSAS. The facts, which involve the constitutionality under the commerce, due process and equal protection provisions of the Constitution of the United States and of the Fourteenth Amendment thereto, of the full switching crew statute of Arkansas, are stated in the opinion. The act of February 20, 1913, is discriminatory, and denies to plaintiff in error the equal protection of the laws, in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment: Soon Hing v. Crowley, 113 U. S. 709; Gulf, C. & S. F. Ry. v. Ellis, 165 U. S. 150; Yick Wo v. Hopkins, 118 U. S.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
delivered the opinion of the' court..
An act of the State of Arkansas, entitled “An act for the better protection and safety of the public,” provides as follows:
“Section 1. That no railroad company or corporation owning or operating any yards or terminals in the cities within this State, where switching, pushing or transferring of cars are made across public crossings within the city limits of the cities, shall operate their switch crew or crews with less than one engineer, a fireman, a foreman and three helpers.
“Section 2. It being the purpose of this.act to require all railroad companies or…
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