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Johnson v. Southern Pacific Co. 196 U.S. 1 (1904) was a case before the United States Supreme Court. It interpreted the words any car in the Railroad Safety Appliance Act prohibiting common carriers from using any car in moving interstate commerce not equipped with automatic couplers. In doing so it overturned the Eighth Circuit in Johnson v. Southern P. Co. 117 F. 462 (8th Cir. 1902)