Myers v. Reading Company

Decided June 2, 1947. Harold Hitz Burton delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 367 · 331 U.S. 477 (1947) · Cited 172 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

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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.

• Lavender v. Kurn · 327 U.S. 645 (1946)
• Tennant v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co. · 321 U.S. 29 (1944)
• Improvement Company v. Munson · 81 U.S. 442 (1872)
• Brady v. Southern Railway Co. · 320 U.S. 476 (1944)
• Galloway v. United States · 319 U.S. 372 (1943)
• Pennsylvania Railroad v. Chamberlain · 288 U.S. 333 (1933)
• Slocum v. New York Life Insurance · 228 U.S. 364 (1913)
• St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Taylor · 210 U.S. 281 (1908)
• Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Groeger · 266 U.S. 521 (1925)
• Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co. v. United States · 220 U.S. 559 (1911)
• Brady v. Terminal Railroad Assn. · 303 U.S. 10 (1938)
• Blair v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad · 323 U.S. 600 (1945)

Cited by

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

• Rogers v. Missouri Pacific Railroad · 352 U.S. 500 (1957)
• McAllister v. United States · 348 U.S. 19 (1954)
• Wilkerson v. McCarthy · 336 U.S. 53 (1949)
• Ferguson v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc. · 352 U.S. 521 (1957)
• O'Donnell v. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co. · 338 U.S. 384 (1949)
• Carter v. Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay Railway Co. · 338 U.S. 430 (1949)

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