Mondou v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF ERRORS OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS. No. 120 (Mondou v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co.). This was an action by a citizen of Connecticut against a railroad corporation of that State to recover for personal injuries suffered by the plaintiff while in the defendant’s service.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF ERRORS OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS. No. 120 (Mondou v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co.). This was an action by a citizen of Connecticut against a railroad corporation of that State to recover for personal injuries suffered by the plaintiff while in the defendant’s service. The injuries occurred in Connecticut August 5,. 1908, the ■ action was commenced -in one of the Superior Courts of that-…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Devanter
The principal questions presented in these cases as discussed at.the bar and in the briefs are: 1. May Congress, in the exertion of its power over interstate commerce, regulate the relations of common carriers by railroad and their employés while both are engaged in such commerce? 2. Has Congress exceeded its power in that regard by prescribing the regulations which are embodied in the act in question? 3. Do those regulations supersede the laws of the States in so far as the latter cover the same field? 4. May rights arising under those regulations be enforced, as of right, in the courts of…
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