Cotton v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad

Decided May 21, 1958. Walter V. Schaefer wrote the opinion for the court.

152 N.E.2d 385 · Cited 79 times

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• International Shoe Co. v. Washington · 326 U.S. 310
• Nelson v. Miller · 143 N.E.2d 673
• Leet v. Union Pacific Railroad · 25 Cal. 2d 605
• Price v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. · 268 P.2d 457
• Johnson v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad · 243 Minn. 58
• Naughton v. Pennsylvania R. Co. · 85 F. Supp. 761
• Petersen v. Ogden Union Railway & Depot Co. · 175 P.2d 744
• Cowan v. Salt Lake Hardware Co. · 221 P.2d 625
• Testa v. Katt · 330 U.S. 386
• Douglas v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad · 279 U.S. 377
• Williams v. Green Bay & Western Railroad · 326 U.S. 549
• Whitney v. Madden · 79 N.E.2d 593
• People ex rel. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Clark · 12 Ill. 2d 515
• Kilpatrick v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. · 337 U.S. 75
• St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. v. Superior Court, Creek County · 290 P.2d 118
• Markantonatos v. Maryland Drydock Co. · 110 F. Supp. 862
• Cullinan v. New York Cent. R. Co. · 83 F. Supp. 870
• Hohler v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company · 140 F. Supp. 487

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