Gauthier v. Union Pacific Railroad

Decided March 25, 2009. Thad Heartfield wrote the opinion for the court.

644 F. Supp. 2d 824 · Cited 90 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.

• Murrell v. Union Pacific Railroad · 544 F. Supp. 2d 1138
• Dehart v. Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railroad · 860 So. 2d 248
• Van Buren v. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co. · 544 F. Supp. 2d 867
• Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co. · 313 U.S. 487
• Conley v. Gibson · 355 U.S. 41
• Louisiana Pub. Serv. Comm'n v. FCC · 476 U.S. 355
• Lundeen v. Canadian Pacific Railway Co. · 507 F. Supp. 2d 1006
• Duncan v. Cessna Aircraft Co. · 665 S.W.2d 414
• Long v. State ex rel. Department of Transportation & Development · 916 So. 2d 87
• Deep Marine Technology, Inc. v. Conmaco/Rector, L.P. · 515 F. Supp. 2d 760
• Bardfield v. New Orleans Public Belt RR · 371 So. 2d 783
• Gutierrez v. Collins · 583 S.W.2d 312
• International Harvester Credit v. Seale · 518 So. 2d 1039
• Scottsdale Insurance Co. v. National Emergency Services, Inc. · 175 S.W.3d 284
• Mehl v. Canadian Pacific Railway, Ltd. · 417 F. Supp. 2d 1104
• Fowler v. Western Union Tel. Co. · 357 So. 2d 1305
• Shaffer v. Illinois Cent. Gulf Railroad Co. · 479 So. 2d 927
• Prairie Producing Co. v. Angelina Hardwood Lumber Co. · 882 S.W.2d 640
• Prairie Producing Co. v. Angelina Hardwood Lumber Co. · 885 S.W.2d 640
• Buerger v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. · 982 F. Supp. 1247
• Price v. LOUISIANA DEPT. OF TRANSP. & DEV. · 608 So. 2d 203
• Lundeen v. Canadian Pacific Railway Co. · 550 F.3d 747

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• Veit v. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. · 171 Wash. 2d 88
• Kill v. CSX Transportation, Inc. · 2009 Ohio 6871
• Stouffer v. Union Pacific Railroad Co. · 530 S.W.3d 782
• Veit Ex Rel. Nelson v. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. · 249 P.3d 607
• Veit Ex Rel. Nelson v. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. · 249 P.3d 607

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