Hayfield Northern Railroad v. Chicago & North Western Transportation Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the Supremacy Clause “invalidates any state law that contradicts or interferes with an Act of Congress”
• holding that the Supremacy Clause \invalidates any state law that contradicts or interferes with an Act of Congress\
• noting that \[r]ailroads consequently found themselves enmeshed in lengthy proceedings\ while attempting to \unburden themselves promptly of unprofitable lines\
• stating that unless ICC attaches post-abandonment conditions to certificate of abandonment, the ICC's authorization of abandonment terminates its jurisdiction
• stating that unless ICC attaches post-abandonment conditions to certificate of abandonment, the ICC’s authorization of abandonment terminates its jurisdiction
• noting that \[rjailroads consequently found themselves enmeshed in lengthy proceedings” while attempting to \unburden themselves promptly of unprofitable lines”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).