BEAL v. MISSOURI PACIFIC R. CO.

No. 72.

312 U.S. 45 (1941)

BEAL, COUNTY ATTORNEY OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, NEBRASKA, ET AL. v. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD CORP.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 20, 1941.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. H. Emerson Kokjer and Edwin Vail, Assistant Attorneys General of Nebraska, with whom Mr. Walter R. Johnson, Attorney General, was on the brief, for petitioners.

Mr. G.L. DeLacy, with whom Messrs. J.A.C. Kennedy, R.E. Svoboda, and E.J. Svoboda were on the brief, for respondent.


MR. JUSTICE STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question is whether respondent, plaintiff in the district court below, has established a cause of action in equity entitling it to a decree enjoining petitioners, the Attorney General of Nebraska and other state officers from prosecuting respondent's agents and officers in the state courts for criminal violations of the Nebraska Full Train Crew Law, § 74-519 Comp. Stat. of Nebraska, 1929.

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