United States v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT.' The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Brandéis
delivered the opinion of the court.
The Northern Pacific Railway Company owns and uses in interstate commerce a terminal railroad along the waterfront of .¡Duluth extending from Rice’s Point to Furnace, a distance of four miles. It was sued in the District Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota for violating the Safety Appliance Act 1 by operating over the whole of this road, in September, 1916, two transfer trains, without complying with the requirement that 85 per cent, of the train brakes be coupled so as to be under engine control. One train consisted…
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