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ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILWAY CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 9988.

403 F.2d 211 (1968)

The ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

November 20, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Ross, Oklahoma City, Okl. (Rainey, Flynn, Welch, Wallace, Ross & Cooper, Oklahoma City, Okl., on brief) for appellant.

Givens L. Adams, Asst. U. S. Atty., and J. Thomas Furphy, Trial Atty., Dept. of Transportation (B. Andrew Potter, U. S. Atty., on brief) for appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, HILL and SETH, Circuit Judges.

ORIE L. PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.

The United States brought this action against The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company to recover penalties for violations of § 1 of the Safety Appliance Act (45 U.S.C.A. § 1, 27 Stat. 531), which in part here pertinent reads:

"It shall be unlawful for any common carrier engaged in interstate commerce by railroad to use on its line any locomotive engine in moving interstate traffic not equipped with a power...

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