O'Bannon Ex Rel. O'Bannon v. Union Pacific Railroad

Decided April 8, 1997. Dean Whipple wrote the opinion for the court.

960 F. Supp. 1411 · Cited 53 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.

• Freightliner Corp. v. Myrick · 514 U.S. 280
• Armstrong v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company · 844 F. Supp. 1152
• Schibursky v. International Business MacHines Corp. · 820 F. Supp. 1169
• Missouri Pacific Railroad v. MacKey · 760 S.W.2d 59
• Biggers on Behalf of Key v. Southern Ry. Co. · 820 F. Supp. 1409
• United States v. Conservation Chemical Co. · 653 F. Supp. 152
• Earwood v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. · 845 F. Supp. 880
• Bashir v. National RR Passenger Corp.(Amtrak) · 929 F. Supp. 404
• Vandergriff v. Missouri Pacific Railroad · 769 S.W.2d 99
• Mott v. Missouri Pacific Railroad · 926 S.W.2d 81
• National Railroad Passenger Corp. v. H & P, Inc. · 949 F. Supp. 1556
• Coon v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe · 826 S.W.2d 66

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• Cox v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co. · 998 F. Supp. 679
• Security First Bank v. Burlington Northern · 213 F. Supp. 2d 1087
• Vigil v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN AND SANTA FE RY. CO. · 521 F. Supp. 2d 1185
• Hightower v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co. · 2003 OK 45
• Stone v. CSX Transportation, Inc. · 37 F. Supp. 2d 789
• In Re the Speed Limit for the Union Pacific Railroad Ex Rel. City of Shakopee · 610 N.W.2d 677
• Stevenson v. Union Pacific Railroad · 110 F. Supp. 2d 1086
• Seyler v. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. · 102 F. Supp. 2d 1226
• Price v. National RR Passenger Corp. · 2000 UT App 333
• Beausoleil v. National Railroad Passenger Corp. · 145 F. Supp. 2d 119
• Myers v. Missouri Pacific Railroad · 2002 OK 60
• Alcorn v. Union Pacific Railroad · 50 S.W.3d 226
• Anderson v. Wisconsin Central Transportation Co. · 327 F. Supp. 2d 969
• Mickelson v. Montana Rail Link, Inc. · 2000 MT 111
• Peters v. Union Pacific Railroad · 455 F. Supp. 2d 998
• Kuntz v. Illinois Central Railroad · 469 F. Supp. 2d 586
• Norfolk Southern Railway Company v. Denson · 774 So. 2d 549
• Van Buren v. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co. · 544 F. Supp. 2d 867
• Baker v. Canadian National/Illinois Central Railway Co. · 397 F. Supp. 2d 803
• Wooten v. CSX Railroad · 164 Ohio App. 3d 428
• Herndon v. National Railroad Passenger Corp. · 814 A.2d 934
• Estate of Strandberg Ex Rel. Strandberg v. Chicago, Central & Pacific Railroad · 284 F. Supp. 2d 1136
• Wabash & Western Railway Co. v. City of Kendallville · 29 F. Supp. 2d 948
• Dillard v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. · 735 So. 2d 445

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