concurrent state-federal power
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From 227 U.S. 248 - New York Central Hudson River Railroad Company v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of the County of Hudson · 1913Most cited · 27 citing opinions
The conception of the operation at one and the same time of both the power of Congress and the power of the states over a matter of interstate commerce is inconceivable, since the exertion of the greater power necessarily takes possession of the field, and leaves nothing upon which the lesser power may operate.