Legal Opinion
Herdman v. Pennsylvania Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 25, 1957No. 46PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brennan
In this Federal Employers’ Liability Act 1 case, the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed the judgment of the District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, which was entered on a directed verdict in favor of the respondent. The Court of Appeals agreed with the District Court that there was a complete absence of probative facts to support the conclusion of negligence. 2 This Court granted certiorari to determine whether the petitioner was erroneously deprived of a jury determination of his case. 3
The petitioner was the conductor in charge of a 67-car freight train which on…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Jesionowski v. Boston & Maine RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Virgil Herdman v. Pennsylvania Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1955
3Cited by46 opinions
- Willard Green v. River Terminal Railway Co., Third Party Jerald E. Dawson, Third PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
- Mumma v. Reading CompanyDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1965
- Davis v. Henderlong Lumber CompanyDistrict Court, N.D. Indiana · 1963
- Joyce A. Robinson v. Burlington Northern Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
- Marcial Rodriguez v. Delray Connecting RailroadCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1973
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