Southern Pacific Transportation Company v. Public Utility Commission of the State of Oregon, and Its Members

How courts have described this case

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• holding \state laws relating to noise emissions are preempted by the NCA only when a regulation has been enacted pursuant to the Act that covers the same carrier equipment.\
• upholding state regulations that restrict the sounding of train whistles only at grade crossings with certain safety devices and only between certain hours
• upholding state regulations that restrict the sounding of train whistles only at grade crossings with certain safety devices and only between certain hours
• Congress intended to occupy the field as to those powers delegated by the LBIA
• although one claim was moot, court “may address the remaining, live claims”

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