Butler v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1958
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 45 U.S.C. § 151 (Railway Labor Act) · 45 U.S.C. § 51 (Federal Employers' Liability Act)
Relies on 92 So. 2d 160 - Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company v. Ford · 88 So. 2d 519 - Seaboard Air Line Railroad Co. v. Strickland · Seaboard Air Line R. Co. v. Gentry
Most-quoted passages
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“"There was no justiciable issue, at least under the Federal Employer's Liability Act, that could be raised as to the propriety or right of the appellant to give the test. If the appellee were aggrieved, he had a remedy for such grievance under the Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C.A., § 151 et seq. Consequently we do not consider that items 1 and 2 under the charge of negligence, supra, constituted triable issues." (Items 1 and 2 dealt with the propriety or right of the appellant to give the test.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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