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· 2/18/1924

Railroad Commission of Texas v. Eastern Texas Railroad

Citations

  • 264 U.S. 79
  • 44 S. Ct. 247
  • 68 L. Ed. 569
  • 1924 U.S. LEXIS 2480

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  • “[T]he State has power to regulate [a railroad’s] operations in the interest of the public, and to that end may require it to provide reasonably safe and adequate facilities for servicing the public, even though compliance be attended by some pecuniary disadvantage.”

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Judges: Van Devanter

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