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Peyton v. Railway Express Agency, Inc., 316 U.S. 350 (1942)
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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.
Peyton v. Railway Express Agency, Inc., 316 U.S. 350 (1942)
Peyton v. Railway Express Agency, Inc. No. 903 Submitted May 1, 1942 Decided May 25, 1942 316 U.S. 350
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
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1. A suit against a single interstate carrier to recover damages resulting from a negligent failure to deliver a package shipped interstate by express is a suit arising under a law regulating commerce, viz., under the Carmack Amendment, as amended -- of which the District Court has jurisdiction irrespective of the amount involved. Jud.Code § 24(8). P. 352.
2. Whether a suit arises under a law of the United States must appear from the plaintiff’s pleading, not the defenses which may be interposed to, or be anticipated by, it. A pleading that adequately discloses a present controversy dependent for its outcome upon the construction of a federal statute satisfies this requirement. P. 353.
14 F.2d 430 reversed.
Certiorari, 315 U.S. 793, to review a judgment sustaining a dismissal by the District Court for want of jurisdiction of an action against the express company for nondelivery.
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Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Peyton v. Railway Express Agency, Inc., 316 U.S. 350 (1942). cited in 1942, 316 U.S. 350. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=I3R3PF1W9QMACM8.
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