Supreme Court of the United States, 1957

Shaw v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided April 1, 1957 · Burton

353 U.S. 920; 77 S. Ct. 680; 1 L. Ed. 2d 718; 1957 U.S. LEXIS 1103 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Thomas E. McCutchen, Jr. for petitioner. Douglas McKay for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co., and Frank C. Tompkins, Jr. for the Southern Railway Co., respondents.

Cases that cite this one

35 later published cases cite this decision. The 23 that cite it most often are listed here.

Peter J. Zegan v. Central Railroad Company of New Jersey (3d Cir. 1959)
Walter Filipek v. Moore-Mccormack Lines, Inc., and Third Party and Eastern Rigging Corp., Third Party (2d Cir. 1958)
Jerry R. England v. Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners (5th Cir. 1959)
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company v. H. W. Massengill (4th Cir. 1959)
Jerry R. England v. Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners (5th Cir. 1958)
Arnold v. Panhandle & Santa Fe Railway Co. (Supreme Court of the United States 1957)
Anthony S. Pehowic v. Erie Lackawanna Railroad Company (3d Cir. 1970)
Pehowic v. Erie Lackawanna Railroad (3d Cir. 1970)
Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company v. Lucille E. Connor, Administrator of the Estate of Peter Woychak, Deceased (4th Cir. 1958)
Wehrli v. Wabash Railroad Company (Mo. 1958)
Louisville and Nashville Railroad Co. v. Cooke (Ala. 1958)
Watn v. Pennsylvania Railroad (3d Cir. 1958)
Idaho Ass'n of Naturopathic Physicians v. United States Food & Drug Administration (4th Cir. 1978)
State v. Errington (Mo. 1962)
Harris v. Pennsylvania Railroad (Supreme Court of the United States 1959)
Sinkler v. Missouri Pacific Railroad (Supreme Court of the United States 1958)
Moore v. Terminal Railroad Assn. of St. Louis (Supreme Court of the United States 1958)
State v. Maxfield (Idaho 1977)
Kreitzer v. Puerto Rico Cars, Inc. (District Court, D. Puerto Rico 1975)
Amezquita v. Colon (District Court, D. Puerto Rico 1974)
The National Association of Naturopathic Physicians, Etc. v. The California State Board of Chiropractic Examiners Etc. (9th Cir. 1971)
Keith v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. (N.C. Ct. App. 1970)
Allstate Insurance Company v. Lanier (4th Cir. 1966)

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Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam:

The petition for writ of certiorari is granted limited to that part of the judgment in favor of Southern Railway Company and that part of the judgment is reversed and the cause is remanded for trial. In all other respects, the petition for writ of certiorari is denied. Rogers v. Missouri Pacific R. Co., 352 U. S. 500. Mr. Justice Frankfurter is of the opinion that the writ should not be granted. See his dissent in Rogers v. Missouri Pacific R. Co., 352 U. S. 500, 524. Mr. Justice Harlan and Mr. Justice Whittaker dissent for the reasons given in Mr. Justice Harlan's opinion in Rogers v. Missouri Pacific R. Co., 352 U. S. 500, 559.

Mr. Justice Burton dissents.

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