Pullman Co. v. Public Service Commission

Lewis, Justice.

In this action the respondent, Pullman Company, seeks an adjudication that Rule 20 of the appellant, South Carolina Public Service Commission, is inapplicable and void as to its operations in this State on the grounds that (1) the Pullman Company is not subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission, (2) Rule 20 constitutes a burden on interstate commerce, and (3) the rule is unjust and unreasonable. Rule 20 is as follows:

“No sleeping car, chair car, parlor car, dining car, or buffet car shall be operated on any line of railroad in South 'Carolina, when occupied…