Urie v. Thompson, Trustee

Decided May 31, 1949. Wiley Blount Rutledge delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 129 · 337 U.S. 163 (1949) · Cited 1,351 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.

• Napier v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad · 272 U.S. 605 (1926)
• Lilly v. Grand Trunk Western Railroad · 317 U.S. 481 (1943)
• Tiller v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad · 318 U.S. 54 (1943)
• Bailey v. Central Vermont Railway, Inc. · 319 U.S. 350 (1943)
• Erie Railroad v. Tompkins · 304 U.S. 64 (1938)
• Messenger v. Anderson · 225 U.S. 436 (1912)
• Seaboard Air Line Railway v. Horton · 233 U.S. 492 (1914)
• Brady v. Southern Railway Co. · 320 U.S. 476 (1944)
• Ellis v. Union Pacific Railroad · 329 U.S. 649 (1947)
• Coe v. Armour Fertilizer Works · 237 U.S. 413 (1915)
• Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. Coogan · 271 U.S. 472 (1926)
• Schlemmer v. Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railway Co. · 205 U.S. 1 (1907)
• Railroad Co. v. Jones · 95 U.S. 439 (1877)
• Jamison v. Encarnacion · 281 U.S. 635 (1930)
• Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Groeger · 266 U.S. 521 (1925)
• Moore v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. · 291 U.S. 205 (1934)
• United States v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad · 293 U.S. 454 (1935)
• San Antonio & Aransas Pass Railway Co. v. Wagner · 241 U.S. 476 (1916)
• Coray v. Southern Pacific Co. · 335 U.S. 520 (1949)
• Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad v. Gotschall · 244 U.S. 66 (1917)
• Brady v. Terminal Railroad Assn. · 303 U.S. 10 (1938)
• Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Layton · 243 U.S. 617 (1917)
• Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Kuhn · 284 U.S. 44 (1931)
• Davis v. Wolfe · 263 U.S. 239 (1923)

Cited by

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• Consolidated Rail Corporation v. Gottshall · 512 U.S. 532 (1994)
• Kernan v. American Dredging Co. · 355 U.S. 426 (1958)
• United States v. Kubrick · 444 U.S. 111 (1979)
• Norfolk Southern Railway Co. v. Sorrell · 549 U.S. 158 (2007)
• TRW Inc. v. Andrews · 534 U.S. 19 (2001)
• Metro-North Commuter Railroad v. Buckley · 521 U.S. 424 (1997)
• Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway v. Buell · 480 U.S. 557 (1987)
• Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Ayers · 538 U.S. 135 (2003)
• Williams v. Georgia · 349 U.S. 375 (1955)
• Rogers v. Missouri Pacific Railroad · 352 U.S. 500 (1957)
• Usery v. Turner Elkhorn Mining Co. · 428 U.S. 1 (1976)
• England v. Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners · 375 U.S. 411 (1964)
• Taylor v. Freeland & Kronz · 503 U.S. 638 (1992)
• Rotella v. Wood · 528 U.S. 549 (2000)
• Monessen Southwestern Railway Co. v. Morgan · 486 U.S. 330 (1988)
• Reece v. Georgia · 350 U.S. 85 (1955)
• Sinkler v. Missouri Pacific Railroad · 356 U.S. 326 (1958)
• Kurns v. Railroad Friction Products Corp. · 565 U.S. 625 (2012)

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