Legal Opinion
Rainwater v. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 26, 1945No. 37602PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOURNET, Justice.
We granted this writ of certiorari to review the judgment of the Court of Appeal for the Second Circuit reversing the judgment of the lower court awarding the plaintiff workmen’s compensation under Act 20 of 1914 of the State of Louisiana, as amended, for an eye injury sustained during the course of his employment by the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company on the ground that at the time of his injury the plaintiff was employed in interstate commerce and as such within the exclusive purview of the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 35 U. S. Stats, at L. 65, as…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Pedersen v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- McLeod v. ThrelkeldSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- The Employers'liability CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Overstreet v. North Shore Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Southern Railway Co. v. PuckettSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
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3Cited by5 opinions
- American Mut. Li. Ins. Co. v. Louisville N. R. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1948
- Holl v. Southern Pac. Co.District Court, N.D. California · 1947
- Kettner v. Industrial CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1951
- Dillard v. ThompsonDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1945
- Hebert v. Southern Pacific Transportation Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1988