Supreme Court of the United States, 1957

Futrelle v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad

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

353 U.S. 920; 77 S. Ct. 682; 1 L. Ed. 2d 718; 1957 U.S. LEXIS 1104 (United States Reports)

Counsel

James B. Swails for petitioner. Louis J. Poisson, Jr. and M. V. Barnhill, Jr. for respondent.

Cases that cite this one

13 later published cases cite this decision.

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)
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)
Keith v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. (N.C. Ct. App. 1970)
Pehowic v. Erie Lackawanna Railroad (3d Cir. 1970)
Harris v. Pennsylvania Railroad (Supreme Court of the United States 1959)
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company v. H. W. Massengill (4th Cir. 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)
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Co. v. Lloyd (Colo. 1961)
Ferguson v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. (Supreme Court of the United States 1958)
Gibson v. Thompson (Supreme Court of the United States 1957)

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Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam:

The petition for writ of certiorari is granted and the judgment is reversed and the cause is remanded for trial. 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.

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