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MISSOURI PACIFIC R. CO. v. NORWOOD

No. 193.

283 U.S. 249 (1931)

51 S.Ct. 458

75 L.Ed. 1010

MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. NORWOOD, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ARKANSAS, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 13, 1931.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edward J. White, with whom Mr. Thos. B. Pryor was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Donald R. Richberg, with whom Messrs. Hal L. Norwood, Attorney General of Arkansas, Joe Joiner, Chester Holland, and W.D. Jackson were on the brief, for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

The company sued the attorney general and the prosecuting attorneys of two circuits of Arkansas to enjoin the enforcement of statutes of that State regulating freight train crews and switching crews upon the claim that they are repugnant to the Constitution and laws of the United States. On the complaint and supporting affidavits the plaintiff applied for a temporary injunction. Defendants moved to dismiss. The...

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