Legal Opinion

Harlow v. Ryland

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided February 28, 1949No. 13821PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SANBORN, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff (appellant) has appealed from a judgment dismissing her complaint in an action to recover damages for personal injuries which she sustained while riding as a passenger in an automobile driven by the defendant (appellee), who is her nephew. The effect of the judgment was to uphold the constitutionality of an Arkansas “guest statute,” § 1304 of Pope’s Digest of the Statutes of Arkansas, being Act 179 of the Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas for the year 1935. 1 The opinion of the District Court is reported in 78 F.Supp. 488.

The plaintiff…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
  2. Meredith v. Winter HavenSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  3. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. v. HuffmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  4. Alabama State Federation of Labor v. McAdorySupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  5. Thompson v. Magnolia Petroleum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Rosenberg v. Town of North BergenSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1972
  2. Keasling Ex Rel. Keasling v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1974
  3. Tisko v. HarrisonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1973
  4. Wendt v. LilloDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 1960
  5. Emberson v. BuffingtonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1957

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