Before both Committees, Members of Congress expressed concern about the effect of the statute on state laws.
That such is the scope and effect of the statute in question was recognized by the supreme court of Illinois in the present case.
In other words, the alleged effect of the statute is to convert the private carriers into common carriers by legislative fiat.
The Circuit Court suggested that previous decisions, delivered by lower courts, had not considered the effect of the statute on ordinary citizens.
"Defendants' legitimate regulatory interests do not outweigh the burden on voters whose right to vote in the upcoming election would be burdened by the joint effect of the statute and the directive," Judge Eric Clay wrote.
It was argued, in many aspects, as though this were a proceeding in error to review the weight of the evidence adduced in the state courts, to re-examine the rulings of the court upon the admissibility of testimony, and to determine the effect of the statute of limitations in the state.
The object and effect of the statute are, therefore, to obstruct inter-state commerce, and to discriminate between the property of citizens of one State and that of citizens of other States.
The right to recover penalties or to forfeit charters of domestic, or the permits of foreign, corporations, for acts committed before the going into effect of the statute, was reserved.
While, in considering the natural operation and effect of the statute, as amended, we are not limited to the particular facts of the case at the bar, they present an illuminating illustration.
