Carter v. Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay Railway Co.
Decided December 19, 1949. Tom C. Clark delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 23 · 338 U.S. 430 (1949) · Cited 155 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 6–2.
Majority · 6
- Tom C. Clark · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Frederick Moore Vinson
- Harold Hitz Burton
- Hugo Lafayette Black
- Robert Houghwout Jackson
- Sherman Minton
Dissenting · 2
- Felix Frankfurter · filed a dissenting opinion
- Stanley Forman Reed · filed a dissenting opinion
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.
Precedents cited
Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.
- Wilkerson v. McCarthy · 336 U.S. 53 (1949)
- O'Donnell v. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co. · 338 U.S. 384 (1949)
- Coray v. Southern Pacific Co. · 335 U.S. 520 (1949)
- Tiller v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad · 318 U.S. 54 (1943)
- Ellis v. Union Pacific Railroad · 329 U.S. 649 (1947)
- Myers v. Reading Co. · 331 U.S. 477 (1947)
- Moore v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. · 291 U.S. 205 (1934)
- San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway Co. v. Wagner · 241 U.S. 476 (1916)
- Spokane & Inland Empire Railroad v. Campbell · 241 U.S. 497 (1916)
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Layton · 243 U.S. 617 (1917)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Affolder v. New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad · 339 U.S. 96 (1950)
- Ferguson v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc. · 352 U.S. 521 (1957)
- Norfolk Southern Railway Co. v. Sorrell · 549 U.S. 158 (2007)
- Rogers v. Missouri Pacific Railroad · 352 U.S. 500 (1957)
- Kernan v. American Dredging Co. · 355 U.S. 426 (1958)
- Schulz v. Pennsylvania Railroad · 350 U.S. 523 (1956)
- Moore v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. · 340 U.S. 573 (1951)
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