Legal Opinion
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Toops
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 14, 1930No. 303PublishedCited by 142 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stone
Respondent, plaintiff below, brought suit in the District Court of Reno County, Kansas, to recover under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act for the death of her intestate. Judgment in her favor was affirmed by the Supreme Court of Kansas, 128 Kan. 189. This Court granted certiorari, 280 U. S. 542, on a petition which urged as grounds for allowance of the writ that there was no evidence of negligence in the case or that any act of petitioner caused the death.
Decedent was a conductor in charge of petitioner’s freight train, engaged in interstate commerce, while en route easterly from Elkhart…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Patton v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. CooganSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Looney v. Metropolitan RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- New York Central Railroad v. AmbroseSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
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3Cited by142 opinions
- Tennant v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Brady v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Eastern Air Lines, Inc. v. Union Trust Company, United States of America v. Union Trust CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955
- Showalter v. Western Pacific RailroadCalifornia Supreme Court · 1940
- Miller v. Union Pacific R. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
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