Meeker & Co. v. Lehigh Valley RR, 236 U.S. 412 (1915) (Nos. 434, 435)

Case name: Meeker & Co. v. Lehigh Valley RR Opinion filed: 1915-02-23 Docket No.: 434, 435 Citations: • 236 U.S. 412 • 35 S. Ct. 328 • 59 L. Ed. 644 • 1915 U.S. LEXIS 1771 Case holding summaries: • Interstate Commerce Act provision that findings of I.C.C. were admissible as prima facie evidence of facts recited therein in a suit to enforce a reparation award was not violative of the seventh amendment • a penalty covered by the Cite as: 568 U. S. (2013) 9 Opinion of the Court predecessor to §2462 is “something imposed in a punitive way for an infraction of a public law” • holding that the words “penalty or forfeiture” in federal statute “refer to something imposed in a punitive way for an infraction of a public law” (emphasis added)