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Reed v. Pennsylvania R. Co., 351 U.S. 502 (1956)
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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.
Reed v. Pennsylvania R. Co., 351 U.S. 502 (1956)
Reed v. Pennsylvania Railroad Co. No. 621 Argued May 1, 1956 Decided June 11, 1956 351 U.S. 502
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT
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Petitioner is a clerical employee of an interstate railroad whose duties consist of filing original tracings of all of the carrier’s rolling stock, equipment and structures, from which tracings blueprints are made. Without these documents, maintenance of the carrier’s operating system would be impossible. Petitioner was injured in her office when a cracked window pane blew in upon her.
Held: Petitioner is within the coverage of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, as amended in 1939; and the Federal District Court has jurisdiction of her suit under the Act. Pp. 503-508.
(a) The test for coverage under the amended Act is not whether the employee is engaged in interstate transportation, but whether what he does in any way furthers or substantially affects interstate transportation. P. 505.
(b) The issue in this case cannot be resolved in terms of whether or not clerical employees as a class are excluded from the benefits of the Act. Pp. 505-506.
(c) Petitioner is employed in interstate commerce within the meaning of the 1939 amendment to § 1 of the Act. Pp. 506-507.
(d) The performance by petitioner of her duties is in "furtherance" of interstate commerce, and has a close and substantial effect upon the railroad’s interstate activities. P. 507.
227 F.2d 810 reversed.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Reed v. Pennsylvania R. Co., 351 U.S. 502 (1956) in 351 U.S. 502 351 U.S. 503. Original Sources, accessed November 25, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=76331871G345WG5.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Reed v. Pennsylvania R. Co., 351 U.S. 502 (1956), in 351 U.S. 502, page 351 U.S. 503. Original Sources. 25 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=76331871G345WG5.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Reed v. Pennsylvania R. Co., 351 U.S. 502 (1956). cited in 1956, 351 U.S. 502, pp.351 U.S. 503. Original Sources, retrieved 25 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=76331871G345WG5.
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