Legal Opinion
Finn v. Consolidated Rail Corp.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided June 12, 1985No. Civ. A. 80-1633-McPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDERS ON MOTIONS TO DISMISS
McNAUGHT, District Judge.
This action came on to be heard on two separate motions. The defendant Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) filed a motion to dismiss which shall be treated as a motion for summary judgment. The third-party defendant Boston & Maine Railroad (B. & M.) filed a separate motion for summary judgment.
Briefly, the facts are these. The plaintiff’s intestate, Edward Finn, worked as a railroad employee for almost 35 years. In 1977 he had worked recently as an employee of Conrail. There was a takeover of the route on which Mr. Finn…
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- Stewart v. Roy Bros. Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
- Sullivan v. Old Colony Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Federal Deposit Ins. Corp. v. CaoloDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1979
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- Finn v. Consolidated Rail Corp.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
- Robert A. Holliday v. Consolidated Rail CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990
- Halko v. New Jersey Transit Rail Operations, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1987
- Teague v. National Railroad Passenger Corp.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1989
- Naidoo v. Union Pacific RailroadNebraska Supreme Court · 1987
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