45 U.S.C. § 797
Section 797 · Repealed. Pub. L. 99509, title IV, 4024(c), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1904
Applied in 29 court decisions — leading case Beardsly v. Chicago & North Western Transportation Co. (1988)
Most recently applied in Felton v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (December 1991)
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, Pub. L. 93–236, title VII, § 701, as added Pub. L. 97–35, title XI, § 1143(a), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 661; Pub. L. 99–509, title IV, § 4024(a), (b), Oct. 21, 1986, 100 Stat. 1903, related to employee protection agreement.