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UNITED STATES v. NORTHERN PAC. RY. CO.

No. 88.

254 U.S. 251 (1920)

41 S.Ct. 101

65 L.Ed. 249

UNITED STATES v. NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 6, 1920.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mrs. Annette Abbott Adams, Assistant Attorney General, with whom The Solicitor General was on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. D.F. Lyons, with whom Mr. Charles W. Bunn was on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the court.

The Northern Pacific Railway Company owns and uses in interstate commerce a terminal railroad along the water-front of Duluth extending from Rice's Point to Furnace, a distance of four miles. It was sued in the District Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota for violating the Safety Appliance Act1 by operating over the whole of this road, in September, 1916, two...

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