Legal Opinion
United States v. New York, N. H. & H. R.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 29, 1921No. 1488PublishedCited by 2 opinions
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts; Clarence Hale, Judge. Action by the United States against the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company. Judgment for defendant, and the United States brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Circuit Judge.
In this action the United States sought to recover penalties provided for violations of the federal Hours of Service Act of March 4, 1907, c. 2939, § 2, 34 Stat. 1416, Comp. Stat. § 8678, the material part of which is as follows:
“Provided, that no operator, train dispatcher, or other employee who by the use of the telegraph or telephone dispatches, reports, transmits, receives, or delivers orders pertaining to or affecting train movements shall be required or permitted to be or remain on duty for a longer period than nine hours in any twenty-four hour period in all…
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- Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1918
- United States v. Boston & M. R. R.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1920
- United States v. Minneapolis, St. P. & S. S. M. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1918
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- United States v. Mississippi Export Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963