Rogers v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Co.

Decided February 25, 1957. William Joseph Brennan Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 28 · 352 U.S. 500 (1957) · Cited 1,718 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

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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.

• Tiller v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad · 318 U.S. 54 (1943)
• Myers v. Reading Co. · 331 U.S. 477 (1947)
• Tennant v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co. · 321 U.S. 29 (1944)
• Wilkerson v. McCarthy · 336 U.S. 53 (1949)
• Carter v. Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay Railway Co. · 338 U.S. 430 (1949)
• Lillie v. Thompson · 332 U.S. 459 (1947)
• Coray v. Southern Pacific Co. · 335 U.S. 520 (1949)
• Urie v. Thompson · 337 U.S. 163 (1949)
• Lavender v. Kurn · 327 U.S. 645 (1946)
• Seaboard Air Line Railway v. Horton · 233 U.S. 492 (1914)
• Brady v. Southern Railway Co. · 320 U.S. 476 (1944)
• Bailey v. Central Vermont Railway, Inc. · 319 U.S. 350 (1943)
• Ellis v. Union Pacific Railroad · 329 U.S. 649 (1947)
• Illinois Central Railroad v. Behrens · 233 U.S. 473 (1914)
• Tiller v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad · 323 U.S. 574 (1945)
• Jacob v. New York City · 315 U.S. 752 (1942)
• Schulz v. Pennsylvania Railroad · 350 U.S. 523 (1956)
• Jesionowski v. Boston & Maine Railroad · 329 U.S. 452 (1947)
• Moore v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. · 340 U.S. 573 (1951)
• Blair v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad · 323 U.S. 600 (1945)

Cited by

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

• Norfolk Southern Railway Co. v. Sorrell · 549 U.S. 158 (2007)
• Gallick v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad · 372 U.S. 108 (1963)
• Michalic v. Cleveland Tankers, Inc. · 364 U.S. 325 (1960)
• Inman v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad · 361 U.S. 138 (1959)
• Consolidated Rail Corporation v. Gottshall · 512 U.S. 532 (1994)
• Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Ayers · 538 U.S. 135 (2003)
• Sentilles v. Inter-Caribbean Shipping Corp. · 361 U.S. 107 (1959)
• Schneble v. Florida · 405 U.S. 427 (1972)
• Kernan v. American Dredging Co. · 355 U.S. 426 (1958)
• Sinkler v. Missouri Pacific Railroad · 356 U.S. 326 (1958)
• Guzman v. Pichirilo · 369 U.S. 698 (1962)
• Butler v. Whiteman · 356 U.S. 271 (1958)
• Desert Palace, Inc. v. Costa · 539 U.S. 90 (2003)
• Burnett v. New York Central Railroad · 380 U.S. 424 (1965)
• Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc. v. Ellerman Lines, Ltd. · 369 U.S. 355 (1962)
• Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway v. Buell · 480 U.S. 557 (1987)
• Reed v. the Yaka · 373 U.S. 410 (1963)
• O'Keeffe v. Smith, Hinchman & Grylls Associates, Inc. · 380 U.S. 359 (1965)
• Kelley v. Southern Pacific Co. · 419 U.S. 318 (1974)
• Crane v. Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Railway Co. · 395 U.S. 164 (1969)
• Baker v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. · 359 U.S. 227 (1959)

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