Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. v. Warren-Godwin Lumber Co.
Citations
- 251 U.S. 27
- 40 S. Ct. 69
- 64 L. Ed. 118
- 1919 U.S. LEXIS 1846
Syllabus
<p>Under the Act of June 18, 1910, c. 309, 36 Stat. 539, 545, a telegraph company providing one rate for unrepeated interstate messages and another, higher rate for those repeated, may stipulate for a reasonable limitation of its responsibility when the lower rate is paid; and the validity of such contracts is not determinable by state laws. P. 30.</p> <p>116 Mississippi, 660, reversed.</p>
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that federal law governed the validity of a contract limiting the carrier’s liability for negligence with respect to unrepeated messages
- holding that the 1910 amendments to the ICA constituted “an occupation of the field by Congress which excluded state action.”
- holding the uniformity requirements of the ICA barred state-law challenges to a provision in a telegraph company's contract
- holding the uniformity requirements of the ICA barred state-law challenges to a provision in a telegraph company’s contract
- holding the uniformity requirements of the ICA barred state-law challenges to a provision in a telegraph company’s contract
- relying on field preemption to prevent application of state law, whereas the majority here relies on conflict preemption
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Judges: White, Pitney
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