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The Passing Of State Control Over Railway Rates, Edson R. Sunderland
The Passing Of State Control Over Railway Rates, Edson R. Sunderland
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Congress has exclusive power to regulate interstate commerce, so far as it admits of a uniform system of regulation, and a failure on its part to regulate in a given case is tantamount to a declaration that such commerce shall remain free and unrestricted. Brown v. Houston, 114 U. S. 622; Leisy v. Hardin, 135 U. S. 100. The states are, in all such cases, without jurisdiction to regulate, irrespective of what Congress has or has not done.
Limitation Of The Amount Of The Common Carrier's Liability, Edwin C. Goddard
Limitation Of The Amount Of The Common Carrier's Liability, Edwin C. Goddard
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When the case of Railroad v. Lockwood, 17 Wall. (U. S.) 357, settled the law that the common carrier can not contract against liability for losses due to his negligence, it did not put an end to the efforts of common carriers to escape liability for losses so arising.