Legal Opinion

Raymond L. Rutherford v. Illinois Central Railroad Company

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided February 26, 1960No. 17865Published

1Opinion of the Court

276 F.2d 330

Raymond L. RUTHERFORD, Appellant,

v.

ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellee.

No. 17865.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

February 26, 1960.

COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED C. Paul Barker, New Orleans, La., S. E. Morse, Gulfport, Miss., George M. Leppert, New Orleans, La., for appellant.

James L. Byrd, Jackson, Miss., Joseph H. Wright, John W. Freels, Chicago, Ill., Byrd, Wise & Smith, Jackson, Miss., of counsel, for appellee.

Before JONES, BROWN and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge.

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2Cases cited51 opinions

  1. Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Guaranty Trust Co. v. YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  3. Guaranty Trust Co. v. YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  4. Byrd v. Blue Ridge Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
  5. Galloway v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943

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