Legal Opinion

Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Ayers

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 10, 2003No. 01-963Published

1Opinion of the Court 1

538 U.S. 135 (2003)

NORFOLK & WESTERN RAILWAY CO.

v.

AYERS ET AL.

No. 01-963.

Supreme Court of United States.

Argued November 6, 2002.

Decided March 10, 2003.

CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF KANAWHA COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA.

GINSBURG, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court with respect to Parts I, II, and IV, and the opinion of the Court with respect to Part III, in which STEVENS, SCALIA, SOUTER, and THOMAS, JJ., joined. KENNEDY, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, in which REHNQUIST, C. J., and O'CONNOR and BREYER, JJ., joined, post, p. 166. BREYER, J., filed an…

Also in this document: Opinion of the Court · Ginsburg; Concurring in part, dissenting in part · Kennedy; Concurring in part, dissenting in part · Breyer.

2Cases cited92 opinions

  1. Rogers v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. Urie v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  3. Tennant v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
  4. Ortiz v. Fibreboard Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1999
  5. Tiller v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1943

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