UNITED STATES v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY

No. Civ. 183.

293 F.Supp. 572 (1968)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court D. Arizona.

November 21, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard C. Gormley, U. S. Atty., for plaintiff.

Evans, Kitchel & Jenckes, by Ralph J. Lester, Phoenix, Ariz., for defendant.


DECISION AND ORDER FOR JUDGMENT

JAMES A. WALSH, Chief Judge.

The court concludes, as a matter of law, that the proviso contained in 45 U.S.C. § 13 does not apply to a train which contains cars with brakes that are defective at the time the train leaves the initial terminal, i. e., where the train is originally made up. In other words, a carrier who permits a train to depart the initial terminal when cars therein have defective brakes is subject to the...

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