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Western Union Tel. Co. v. Boegli, 251 U.S. 315 (1920)
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Western Union Tel. Co. v. Boegli, 251 U.S. 315 (1920)
Western Union Telegraph Company v. Boegli No. 83 Submitted December 19, 1919 Decided January 12, 1920 251 U.S. 315
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT
OF THE STATE OF INDIANA
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An act of Congress regulating a subject of interstate commerce is not to be narrowly construed for the purpose of preserving the state power over the same subject previously enjoyed in the absence of federal legislation. P. 316.
The Act of June 18, 1910, c. 309, 36 Stat. 545, brought telegraph companies under the Act to Regulate Commerce and under the administrative control of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and so subjected such companies to a uniform national rule, incompatible with a power in the states to inflict penalties for failure to make prompt delivery of interstate messages. Id.Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. v. Warren-Godwin Lumber Co., ante,27.
187 Ind. 238 reversed.
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U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Western Union Tel. Co. v. Boegli, 251 U.S. 315 (1920) in 251 U.S. 315 Original Sources, accessed August 30, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=2NITXQLKCMQQ3FT.
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U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Western Union Tel. Co. v. Boegli, 251 U.S. 315 (1920), in 251 U.S. 315, Original Sources. 30 Aug. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=2NITXQLKCMQQ3FT.
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U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Western Union Tel. Co. v. Boegli, 251 U.S. 315 (1920). cited in 1920, 251 U.S. 315. Original Sources, retrieved 30 August 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=2NITXQLKCMQQ3FT.
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