Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Georgia

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1914-06-08

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Mr. Justice Hughes delivered the opinion of the court. The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, the plaintiff in error, was convicted of violating a statute of the State of Georgia known as the ‘headlight law.’ Pub. Laws (Ga.), 1908, pp. 50, 51; Civil Code, §§ 2697, 2698. In defense it was insisted that the act contravened the commerce clause and the Fourteent…

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