Legal Opinion
J. Maurice Brassard v. Boston & Maine Railroad
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 16, 1957No. 5164_1PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WYZANSKI, District Judge.
This case is here on plaintiff’s appeal from the District Judge’s order dismiss ing plaintiff’s amended complaint. Although the order is not accompanied by an opinion, the record makes it clear that the District Judge’s dismissal was based on the theory that the complaint asserted a single cause of action under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act which accrued in 1951 and was not brought within the period required by U.S.C. Title 45 § 56 which provides “no action shall be maintained under this chapter unless commenced within three years from the day the cause of…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Urie v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Lawlor v. LoeweSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Momand v. Universal Film Exchanges, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1948
- Scarborough v. Atlantic Coast Line R. CoCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1949
- Pillsbury v. United Engineering Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Gary C. Lancaster v. Norfolk and Western Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Albert E. Albertson v. T.J. Stevenson & Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Donald D. Fletcher v. Union Pacific Railroad Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- Robinson v. Singing River Hosp. SystemMississippi Supreme Court · 1999
- Charles C. Fowkes v. Pennsylvania Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1959
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