Legal Opinion
L & L Freight Lines, Inc. v. Railroad Commission
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided December 4, 1936PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STRUM, District Judge.
Plaintiff, a common carrier by motor vehicle, seeks to enjoin the Railroad Commission of Florida from enforcing against it in its interstate operations that portion of section 11 of chapter 14764, Laws of Florida, Acts 1931, which limits trucks and 'trailers to a load of 12,000 pounds in the state of Florida.
Plaintiff contends that by the Motor Carrier Act of August 9, 1935, § 204 (49 U.S.C.A. § 304) Congress assumed the regulation of interstate motor carriers for hire, pre-empting the field to the exclusion of state regulation. The precise question presented is whether…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Napier v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
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