UNITED STATES v. CALIFORNIA

No. 33.

297 U.S. 175 (1936)

UNITED STATES v. CALIFORNIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 3, 1936.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Assistant Solicitor General Bell, with whom Solicitor General Reed, Assistant Attorney General Keenan, and Messrs. David V. Cahill, M.S. Huberman, Charles E. Wyzanski, Jr., and Daniel W. Knowlton were on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. Ralph O. Marron, Deputy Attorney General of California, with whom Mr. U.S. Webb, Attorney General, was on the brief, for the State of California.


MR. JUSTICE STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a suit brought by the United States against the State of California in the District Court for northern California to recover the statutory penalty of $100 for violation of the federal Safety Appliance Act, § 2, Act of March 2, 1893, c. 196, 27 Stat. 531, 45 U.S.C. § 2, and § 6 of the Act as amended April 1, 1896, 29 Stat. 85, 45 U.S.C., § 6...

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