Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. Devine

Citations

• 239 U.S. 52
• 36 S. Ct. 27
• 60 L. Ed. 140
• 1915 U.S. LEXIS 1508

Syllabus

<p>In a suit in the state court under the Employers’ Liability Act, defendant’s contentions that plaintiff’s intestate was not engaged in interstate commerce and that a state statute limiting amount of recovery controlled involve Federal questions, and, unless wholly frivolous, this court has jurisdiction.</p> <p>In this case, however, as both of the propositions are so wanting in substance as not to require’further argument, the judgment is affirmed under Rule 6, paragraph 5.</p> <p>Previous decisions of this court have conclusively established the exclusive operation of the Employers-Liability Act over the subject with which it deals to the exclusion of all state statutes relating thereto.</p>