Legal Opinion
Union Pacific Railroad Company, a Corporation v. Bridal Veil Lumber Company, a Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 8, 1955No. 13879PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHAMBERS, Circuit Judge.
This is a diversity case of two corporations, citizens of different states. Union Pacific was plaintiff in the trial court and is appellant here. Bridal Veil Lumber Company, defendant and appel-lee, operates a lumber mill at Bridal Veil, Oregon. The mill is on land leased from the Union Pacific and it is served by a spur track of the railroad.
On March 14, 1946, a Union Pacific engine was switching freight cars on the spur track. Daniel W. Fagan, a brakeman, was on one of the cars and was participating in the switching movement in the regular course of his employment by…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. GoodmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Union Stock Yards Co. v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Pokora v. Wabash Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Booth-Kelly Lumber Co. v. Southern Pacific Co. Southern Pacific Co. v. Booth-Kelly Lumber CoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1950
- Bernards v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1939
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