The Employers'liability Cases
Supreme Court of the United States
IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE AND THE WESTERN . DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY. The facts, which involve the constitutionality of the act of Congress of July 11, 1906, relating to the liability of common carriers in the District of Columbia and Territories and common carriers engaged in interstate commerce to their employés, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
delivered the opinion of the court.1
To dispose of these cases it is necessary to decide a fundamental question which is equally decisive as to both. They were argued at the bar together, and because of their unity have been considered at the same time.
As stated in the declarations as finally amended, recovery was sought in each case of damages occasioned by the death of the respective intestates while serving as a fireman on a locomotive actually engaged in moving an interstate commerce train. In each of the cases it was alleged that the intestate met his death through no fault of his, but…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Gibbons v. OgdenSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
- Northern Securities Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- United States v. SteffensSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Johnson v. Southern Pacific Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1904
- SHERLOCK v. Alling, AdmInistratorSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
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3Cited by335 opinions
- Weems v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Wickard v. FilburnSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Southern Pacific Company v. JensenSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- United States v. RainesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Virginian Railway Co. v. System Federation No. 40Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
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