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CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO R'Y CO. v. KENTUCKY

No. 103.

179 U.S. 388 (1900)

21 S.Ct. 101

45 L.Ed. 244

CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY v. KENTUCKY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 3, 1900.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John T. Shelby for plaintiff in error. Mr. H.T. Wickham was on his brief.

No appearance for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE BROWN, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

This case turns exclusively upon the question whether the separate coach law of Kentucky be an infringement upon the exclusive power of Congress to regulate interstate commerce. The law in broad terms requires all railroad companies operating roads within the State of Kentucky, whether upon lines owned or leased by them, as well as all foreign companies operating roads within the State...

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