45 U.S.C. § 565
Section 565 · 565, 566. Repealed. Pub. L. 103272, 7(b), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1379
This is the Federal Employers' Liability Act
Applied in 56 court decisions — leading case Alaska Airlines, Inc. v. Brock (1987)
Most recently applied in American Train Dispatchers Association v. Interstate Commerce Commission and United States of America, Csx Transportation, Inc., Intervenor (July 1995)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Section 565, Pub. L. 91–518, title IV, § 405, Oct. 30, 1970, 84 Stat. 1337; Pub. L. 92–316, §§ 7, 8, June 22, 1972, 86 Stat. 230; Pub. L. 96–73, title I, § 120(a), Sept. 29, 1979, 93 Stat. 547; Pub. L. 97–35, title XI, §§ 1177(b), 1184, 1188 (d), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 692, 697, 699; Pub. L. 99–272, title IV, § 4016, Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 110, related to protective arrangements for railroad employees. See sections 24307, 24312, and 24706 of Title 49, Transportation. Section 566, Pub. L. 91–518, title IV, § 406, as added Pub. L. 96–73, title I, § 121, Sept. 29, 1979, 93 Stat. 548, related to retention and maintenance of facilities. See section 24309 of Title 49.