Legal Opinion
United States v. Houston Belt & Terminal Ry. Co. Houston Belt & Terminal Ry. Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 9, 1954No. 14371_1PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUSSELL, Circuit Judge.
Present for decision is whether the movement of three admittedly defective freight cars by the Houston Belt & Ter minal Railway Company constituted violations of the Safety Appliance Act. 1
The cars in question were part of a train moved into the Settegast Yard at Houston, Texas, by the St. Louis Brownsville and Mexico Railway Company, hereinafter referred to as Brownsville, from its line, 2 at about 10:56 a. m., on March 21, 1951, and which stopped on track C-l. Thereafter, the train, including the defective ears, was taken over by Houston Belt & Terminal Railway…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- United States v. Brooklyn Eastern District TerminalSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Louisville & Jeffersonville Bridge Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
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3Cited by7 opinions
- United Transportation Union v. Drew Lewis, Secretary of TransportationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983
- The Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- United States v. Toledo, Peoria & Western RailroadDistrict Court, N.D. Indiana · 1968
- Thompson v. SinklerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1956
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