Peters v. Union Pacific Railroad

How courts have described this case

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• vegetation in crossing and right-of-way were not areas on or immediately adjacent to tracks and therefore claims that they obstructed sight lines were not preempted under the FRSA
• “[I]f the train was traveling within the 9 federal speed limit, then the FRSA preempts any state or common law claim as to 10 excessive speed.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).