Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway v. Alabama

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1888-10-29

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Mr. Justice Field delivered the opinion of the court. A statute of Alabama which took effect on the first of June, 1887, “for the protection of the travelling public against accidents caused by color blindness and defective vision,” declares that all persons afflicted with color blindness and loss of visual • power to the extent therein defined are “disqua…

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