Kestner v. Reading Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1957
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
August 1968
most recently cited
1 federal appellate · 2 district ·
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Applies 45 U.S.C. § 51 (Federal Employers' Liability Act)
Relies on Cooke v. Kilgore Mfg. Co.
Most-quoted passages
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““ * * * In every case which has been brought to my attention in which the point has been presented (see Cooke v. Kilgore Mfg. Co., D.C., 15 F.R.D. 465 , and cases there cited), it has been held that the rule refers not to parties whose interest in the result of the litigation may be adverse but to parties who are on opposite sides of an issue raised by the pleadings or otherwise presented by the record. It would seem that a broader construction of the rule would present many difficulties and complications which are avoided by the simple expedient of having the matter governed by the record.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage
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