Legal Opinion
Hilton v. South Carolina Public Railways Commission
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 16, 1991No. 90-848PublishedCited by 330 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kennedy
In this case we must decide whether the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA), 53 Stat. 1404, 45 U. S. C. §§51-60, creates a cause of action against a state-owned railroad, enforceable in state court. We hold that it does, reaffirming in part our decision in Parden v. Terminal Railway of Alabama Docks Dept., 377 U. S. 184 (1964).
HH
Petitioner Kenneth Hilton was an employee of the South Carolina Public Railways Commission. The commission, which has some 300 employees, is a common carrier engaged in interstate commerce by railroad and is an agency of the State of South Carolina, having been…
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