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· 11/25/1983

Mary Marshall, Individually and as Personal Representative v. Burlington Northern, Inc.

Citations

  • 720 F.2d 1149
  • 1983 U.S. App. LEXIS 15027

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • suggesting that federal preemption attaches when \a federal decision is reached through the local agency on the adequacy of the warning devices at the crossing\
  • suggesting that federal preemption attaches when “a federal decision is reached through the local agency on the adequacy of the warning devices at the crossing”
  • “Lunsford in no way affects our holding that the Boiler Inspection Act preempts any state regulation of locomotive equipment.”
  • “[The railroad] therefore, complied as a matter of law with its duty to provide locomotive warning devices when it met the requirements of [§§ 229.125, 229.129].”

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Judges: Kennedy, Farris, Norris

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