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· 3/3/1890

Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Railway Co. v. Mississippi

Citations

  • 133 U.S. 587
  • 10 S. Ct. 348
  • 33 L. Ed. 784
  • 1890 U.S. LEXIS 1935

Syllabus

<p>■The statute of the State of Mississippi of March 2, 1888, requiring all-railroads carrying passengers in that State (other than street railroads) to provide equal, but separate, accommodations for the white and colored races, having been construed by the Supreme Court of the State to apply solely to commerce within the State, does no violation to the commerce clause of tlie Constitution of the United States.</p> <p>The construction of a state statute by the highest court of the State is .accepted ak conclusive in this court.</p>

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  • \[T]he construction of [a] statute of the State by its highest court ... must be accepted as conclusive[.]\

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