Legal Opinion
Lloyd A. Fry Roofing Co. v. Wood
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 9, 1953No. 37PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Black
The petitioner, Lloyd A. Fry Roofing Company, manufactures asphalt roofing products in Memphis, Tennessee, and sends them in trucks to customers in nearby states. Some of these trucks are driven by their owners who have allegedly leased them to the petitioner. Five of these driver-owners while carrying Fry’s interstate shipments on Arkansas highways were arrested for having failed to obtain a permit as required of all contract carriers by § 11 of the Arkansas Motor Act.1 Petitioner brought this action in an Arkansas state court to enjoin the state’s Public Service Commission from further…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc. v. Du MondSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- South Carolina State Highway Department v. Barnwell Bros.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Buck v. KuykendallSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Maurer v. HamiltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Clark v. PoorSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Hernandez v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- California v. RamosSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- California Retail Liquor Dealers Assn. v. Midcal Aluminum, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1980
- City of Chicago v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- People v. AstaMichigan Supreme Court · 1953
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