Legal Opinion
Moore v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 26, 1951No. Civ. A. 9190PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRIM, District Judge.
Plaintiff, Charles Moore, a citizen and resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has brought this suit for $25,000 damages, alleging that he was “assaulted, battered, falsely imprisoned, deprived of his civil liberties, humiliated, vilified and shamed and he sustained a severe mental and nervous shock” as a result of actions of employees of defendants, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, a Virginia corporation, and the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, a Pennsylvania corporation.
Plaintiff, a Negro, avers the following facts: On September 26, 1947, he purchased from…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Abilene Cotton Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Rochester Telephone Corp. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. Merchants Elevator Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Green v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. of Texas v. AlexanderSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Wainscott v. St. Louis-San Francisco Ry. Co.Ohio Supreme Court · 1976
- Kneeland v. Ethicon Suture Laboratories, Inc.California Court of Appeal · 1953
- Kenny v. Alaska Airlines, Inc.District Court, S.D. California · 1955
- Noerr Motor Freight, Inc. v. Eastern R. R. Presidents ConferenceDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1953
- Singleton v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1956
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