Legal Opinion
Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company v. Allied Chemical Corporation, Armco Steel Corporation, and General American Transportation Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 6, 1974No. 73-3057PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge:
Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company (AGS) train No. 154 left New Orleans, Louisiana just after midnight on January 25, 1969 with four engines pulling 113 freight cars and a caboose. At Dragon, Mississippi No. 154 picked up a “cut” of 26 jumbo tank cars, each filled with 32,000 gallons of liquefied propane gas, placed them in line behind the sixtieth car, and proceeded north. As the second jumbo tank car, No. ACSX 932003, traversed a crossing of AGS and Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad (GM&O) tracks at 4:20 A.M. in Laurel, Mississippi, the second wheel on the left side…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Hormel v. HelveringSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City Railroad v. TurnipseedSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Builders Supply Co. v. McCabeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
- Western & Atlantic Railroad v. HendersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
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3Cited by29 opinions
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- Carl M. Hadra v. Herman Blum Consulting Engineers, a Texas CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Burbank International, Ltd. v. Gulf Consolidated International Inc.District Court, N.D. Texas · 1977
- Callon Petroleum Company v. Big Chief Drilling Company, Defendant-Third-Party v. William R. Stanley, Defendant-Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
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