Earwood v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.

Decided December 6, 1993. Harold Loyd Murphy wrote the opinion for the court.

845 F. Supp. 880 · Cited 60 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway v. Buell · 480 U.S. 557
• Isbrandtsen Co. v. Johnson · 343 U.S. 779
• Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. Groeger · 266 U.S. 521
• Southern Railway Co. v. Gray · 241 U.S. 333
• Central of Georgia Railroad v. Lightsey · 400 S.E.2d 652
• Claspill v. Missouri Pacific Railroad · 793 S.W.2d 139
• Smolsky v. Consolidated Rail Corp. · 780 F. Supp. 283
• Watson v. Rail Link, Inc. · 826 F. Supp. 487

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• Waymire v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co. · 65 F. Supp. 2d 951
• Fair v. BNSF Railway Co. · 238 Cal. App. 4th 269
• Major v. CSX Transportation · 278 F. Supp. 2d 597
• Akin v. Missouri Pacific Railroad · 1998 OK 102
• Baker v. Canadian National/Illinois Central Railway Co. · 397 F. Supp. 2d 803
• Monarch v. Southern Pacific Transportation Co. · 83 Cal. Rptr. 2d 247
• Clayton Ward v. Illinois Central Railroad Company
• Myers v. Missouri Pacific Railroad · 2002 OK 60
• O'Bannon Ex Rel. O'Bannon v. Union Pacific Railroad · 960 F. Supp. 1411
• Hightower v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co. · 2003 OK 45
• Anderson v. Wisconsin Central Transportation Co. · 327 F. Supp. 2d 969
• Illinois Central Railroad v. Brent · 133 So. 3d 760
• Bakhuyzen v. National Rail Passenger Corp. · 20 F. Supp. 2d 1113
• Elston v. Union Pacific Railroad · 74 P.3d 478
• Rice v. Cincinnati, New Orleans & Pacific Railway Co. · 955 F. Supp. 739
• CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Pitts · 430 Md. 431
• Seyler v. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. · 102 F. Supp. 2d 1226
• In Re the Speed Limit for the Union Pacific Railroad Ex Rel. City of Shakopee · 610 N.W.2d 677
• Kohn v. Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railroad · 77 P.3d 809
• Swan v. New Orleans Terminal Co. · 745 So. 2d 52
• Vigil v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN AND SANTA FE RY. CO. · 521 F. Supp. 2d 1185
• Stewart v. South Kansas and Oklahoma RR, Inc. · 36 F. Supp. 2d 919
• ALABAMA GREAT SOUTHERN RR CO. v. Johnson · 874 So. 2d 517
• Union Pacific Rr Co. v. Louisiana Ex Rel. Ieyoub · 32 F. Supp. 2d 377
• Mark B. Harrison v. BNSF Railway Company · 508 S.W.3d 331

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