Legal Opinion
Tipton v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 27, 1936No. 664PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Robeets
The petitioner, a citizen of California, brought an action against the respondent in the Superior Court of the State to recover for injuries sustained in the course of his employment as a switchman. The complaint recites that the respondent, a Kansas corporation, is a common carrier by railroad in interstate commerce, authorized to transact business in California, and that the line on which the accident occurred is a highway of interstate commerce. The cause of petitioner’s injury is alleged to have been a defective coupling apparatus upon a freight car, used in violation of the Federal…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. RigsbySupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Red Cross Line v. Atlantic Fruit Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Southern Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Moore v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1934
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3Cited by56 opinions
- Rogers v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Crane v. Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Six Companies of Cal. v. Joint Highway Dist. No. 13 of Cal.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Ella Fitzgerald, John Lewis, Georgiana Henry and Norman Granz v. Pan American World Airways, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
- State Tax Commission v. Van CottSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
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