Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Kentucky
Supreme Court of the United States
EEEOE TO THE COUET OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY. This was a writ of error to review the conviction of the Railway Company for failing to furnish separate coaches for the transportation of white and colored passengers on the line of its road, in compliance with a statute of Kentucky enacted May 24, 1892, c. 40, the first section of which reads as follows: “ § 1. Any railroad company or corporation, person or persons, running or otherwise operating railroad cars or…
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EEEOE TO THE COUET OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY. This was a writ of error to review the conviction of the Railway Company for failing to furnish separate coaches for the transportation of white and colored passengers on the line of its road, in compliance with a statute of Kentucky enacted May 24, 1892, c. 40, the first section of which reads as follows: “ § 1. Any railroad company or corporation, person or persons, running or otherwise operating railroad cars or coaches by steam or otherwise, on any railroad line or track within this State, and all railroad companies, person or…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
This case turns exclusively upon the question whether the separate coach law of Kentucky be an infringement upon the exclusive power of Congress to regulate' interstate commerce. The law in broad terms requires all railroad companies operating roads within the State of Kentucky, whether upon lines owned or leased by them, as well as all foreign companies operating roads within the State, to furnish separate coaches or cars for the travel or transportation of white and colored passengers upon their respective lines of railroad, and to post in some conspicuous place upon eaéh coach appropriate…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Hall v. DeCuirSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Railway Co. v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Ry. Co. v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1889
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- Browder v. GayleDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1956
- Chiles v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Rowley v. ClarkeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1913
- Hopkins v. City of RichmondSupreme Court of Virginia · 1915
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