Hendrick v. Maryland
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, STATE OF MARYLAND. The facts, which involve the construction and constitutionality of certain provisions of the Motor Vehicle Law of Maryland and their application to citizens of the District of Columbia, are stated in the opinion. . The act is an illegal attempt to regulate interstate commerce. Passing into or through States of the Union in automobiles is an act of interstate commerce.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, STATE OF MARYLAND. The facts, which involve the construction and constitutionality of certain provisions of the Motor Vehicle Law of Maryland and their application to citizens of the District of Columbia, are stated in the opinion. . The act is an illegal attempt to regulate interstate commerce. Passing into or through States of the Union in automobiles is an act of interstate commerce. The matter of interstate transportation of passengers is one capable of uniform regulation and legislation, and is thus exclusively within the domain of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McReynolds
Plaintiff in error was tried before a Justice of the Peace, Prince George’s County, Maryland, upon a charge of violating the Motor Vehicle Law. A written motion to quash the warrant because of conflict between the statute and the Constitution of the United States was denied; he was found guilty and fined. Thereupon an appeal was taken to the Circuit Court — the highest in the State having jurisdiction — where the cause stood for trial de novo upon the original papers. It was there submitted for determination by the court upon an agreed statement of facts grievously verbose but in substance as…
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