Legal Opinion
Southern Pacific Co. v. Arizona Ex Rel. Sullivan
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 18, 1945No. 56PublishedCited by 531 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Stone
The Arizona Train Limit Law of May 16, 1912, Arizona Code Ann., 1939, § 69-119, makes it unlawful for any person or corporation to operate within the state a railroad train of more than fourteen passenger or seventy freight cars, and authorizes the state to recover a money penalty for each violation of the Act. The questions for decision are whether Congress has, by legislative enactment, restricted the power of the states to regulate the length of interstate trains as a safety measure and, if not, whether the statute contravenes the commerce clause of the Federal Constitution.
In 1940 the…
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