Rogers v. Thompson

How courts have described this case

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

• while “[Rogers] was confronted by an emergency, ... it was an emergency brought about by himself”
• “narro[w]” and “single inquiry” is whether “negligence of the employer played any part at all” in bringing about the injury
• while “[Rogers] was confronted by an emergency, ... it was an emergency brought about by himself’
• while “[Rogers] was confronted by an emer­ 8 CSX TRANSP., INC. v. MCBRIDE ROBERTS, C. J., dissenting gency[,] . . . it was an emergency brought about by him­ self”
• reciting FELA’s “in whole or in part” language
• reciting FELA’s “in whole or in part” language

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Rogers v. Missouri Pacific Railroad
  Supreme Court· 1957-02-25· cited 1,718×
• Ferguson v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1957-02-25· cited 288×
• Chester Oglesby v. Southern Pacific Transportation Company
  Ninth Circuit· 1993-09-24· cited 85×
• Emmett E. Page v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1963-01-30· cited 48×
• CSX Transportation, Inc. v. McBride
  Supreme Court· 2011-06-23· cited 45×
• Wilson v. Toliver
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1957-09-09· cited 31×
• Maple Manor Hotel, Inc. v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1975-11-28· cited 30×
• Cash v. Illinois Cent. Gulf R. Co.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1980-09-17· cited 3×
• Ferguson v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1957-11-12· cited 2×