Chicago & A. R. Co. v. Allen
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Action at law by James Allen against the Chicago & Alton Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
EVANS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff in error, herein called the defendant, attacks the jurisdiction of the federal court. It asserts that defendant in error, herein called'the plaintiff, was not engaged in interstate commerce at the time he received his injury, and, no.other ground of federal court jurisdiction appearing, the action should have been dismissed. The facts in respect to the character of plaintiff’s employment are disclosed, in part, by a stipulation, which is as follows :
“It is stipulated by and between the parties to the above-entitled cause * * # that prior to and on the 25th day…
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- Illinois Central Railroad v. BehrensSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. HarringtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
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