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Chicago Junction Ry. Co. v. King, 222 U.S. 222 (1911)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Chicago Junction Ry. Co. v. King, 222 U.S. 222 (1911)
Chicago Junction Railway Company v. King No. 34 Argued November 2, 3, 1911 Decided December 11, 1911 222 U.S. 222
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT
Syllabus
The repugnancy of the Safety Appliance Law to the Constitution is not now open to controversy; it has been held constitutional. Southern Railway Co. v. United States, ante, p. 20.
Where the constitutional question is not advanced by the defendant until the trial, it does not give jurisdiction of an appeal to this Court from the Circuit Court of Appeals. Macfadden v. United States, 213 U.S. 288.
Where the cause of action is based on a statute of the United States, there is an appeal to this Court from the judgment of the circuit court of appeals.
Although there may be jurisdiction because the cause of action rests on a statute of the United States, where none of the contentions directly invokes the interpretation of the statute, but merely the question whether, on the evidence, there was a right of recovery, the case is of the character of case in which it was the purpose of the Judiciary Act of 1891 to make the judgment of the circuit court of appeals final, and this Court will only examine the record to see if plain error has been committed, and if that is not apparent, it will, as in this case, affirm the judgment.
169 F. 372 affirmed.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Chicago Junction Ry. Co. v. King, 222 U.S. 222 (1911) in 222 U.S. 222 Original Sources, accessed November 24, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=5M2BTDU3TZIF95H.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Chicago Junction Ry. Co. v. King, 222 U.S. 222 (1911), in 222 U.S. 222, Original Sources. 24 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=5M2BTDU3TZIF95H.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Chicago Junction Ry. Co. v. King, 222 U.S. 222 (1911). cited in 1911, 222 U.S. 222. Original Sources, retrieved 24 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=5M2BTDU3TZIF95H.
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