Monessen Southwestern Railway Co. v. Morgan

Decided June 6, 1988. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 86-1743 · 486 U.S. 330 (1988) · Cited 279 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

“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.

• Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. v. Pfeifer · 462 U.S. 523 (1983)
• St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Dickerson · 470 U.S. 409 (1985)
• Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Kelly · 241 U.S. 485 (1916)
• General Motors Corp. v. Devex Corp. · 461 U.S. 648 (1983)
• Kernan v. American Dredging Co. · 355 U.S. 426 (1958)
• Vicksburg & Meridian Railroad v. Putnam · 118 U.S. 545 (1886)
• Michigan Central Railroad v. Vreeland · 227 U.S. 59 (1913)
• Pierce v. United States · 255 U.S. 398 (1921)
• Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway v. Buell · 480 U.S. 557 (1987)
• Dice v. Akron, Canton & Youngstown Railroad · 342 U.S. 359 (1952)
• Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Liepelt · 444 U.S. 490 (1980)
• Jacobs v. United States · 290 U.S. 13 (1933)
• Rodgers v. United States · 332 U.S. 371 (1947)
• Cannon v. University of Chicago · 441 U.S. 677 (1979)
• Urie v. Thompson · 337 U.S. 163 (1949)
• West Virginia v. United States · 479 U.S. 305 (1987)
• Gulf Oil Corp. v. Copp Paving Co. · 419 U.S. 186 (1974)
• Miller v. Robertson · 266 U.S. 243 (1924)
• Flood v. Kuhn · 407 U.S. 258 (1972)
• Brown v. Western R. Co. of Ala. · 338 U.S. 294 (1949)
• Jamison v. Encarnacion · 281 U.S. 635 (1930)
• Jones v. Liberty Glass Co. · 332 U.S. 524 (1947)
• Helvering v. Reynolds · 313 U.S. 428 (1941)
• Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Kuhn · 284 U.S. 44 (1931)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Consolidated Rail Corporation v. Gottshall · 512 U.S. 532 (1994)
• Norfolk Southern Railway Co. v. Sorrell · 549 U.S. 158 (2007)
• Felder v. Casey · 487 U.S. 131 (1988)
• City of Milwaukee v. Cement Division, National Gypsum Co. · 515 U.S. 189 (1995)
• Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Ayers · 538 U.S. 135 (2003)
• Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC · 584 U.S. 241 (2018)
• AMG Capital Management, LLC v. FTC · 593 U.S. 67 (2021)

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