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South Covington Ry. Co. v. Kentucky, 252 U.S. 399 (1920)
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South Covington Ry. Co. v. Kentucky, 252 U.S. 399 (1920)
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South Covington & Cincinnati Street Railway Company v. Kentucky No. 252 Argued March 18, 19, 1920 Decided April 19, 1920 252 U.S. 399
ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS
OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY
Syllabus
State law requiring interurban railroad companies to supply separate cars or compartments for white and colored passengers, and punishing failure to do so, is not an unconstitutional burden on interstate commerce as applied to such a railroad, owned by a local corporation and lying wholly within such state while in control of an allied street car company and in practice operated as part of a streetcar system over which the cars are run to and from a city in another state (where such separation of races is illegal) and passengers are carried through to destination without change for a single fare, those traveling interstate greatly exceeding in number those travel ing wholly within the state making the requirement. P. 403.
181 Ky. 449 affirmed.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," South Covington Ry. Co. v. Kentucky, 252 U.S. 399 (1920) in 252 U.S. 399 252 U.S. 400. Original Sources, accessed November 25, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=BZ358C63X9J94KJ.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." South Covington Ry. Co. v. Kentucky, 252 U.S. 399 (1920), in 252 U.S. 399, page 252 U.S. 400. Original Sources. 25 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=BZ358C63X9J94KJ.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in South Covington Ry. Co. v. Kentucky, 252 U.S. 399 (1920). cited in 1920, 252 U.S. 399, pp.252 U.S. 400. Original Sources, retrieved 25 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=BZ358C63X9J94KJ.
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