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Csx Transportation, Inc. v. Easterwood

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Advocates
Tambra P. Colston (on behalf of the Respondent/Cross-petitioner)
Maureen E. Mahoney (on behalf of the United States, as amicus curiae)
Howard J. Trienens (on behalf of the Petitioner/Cross-respondent)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
91-790
Petitioner: 
Csx Transportation, Inc.
Respondent: 
Easterwood
Consolidation: 
No. 91-1206
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1991-1993)
Opinion: 
507 U.S. 658 (1993)
Argued: 
Tuesday, January 12, 1993
Decided: 
Wednesday, April 21, 1993
Issues: 
Federalism, Federal Preemption of State Jurisdiction

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The Oyez Project, Csx Transportation, Inc. v. Easterwood , 507 U.S. 658 (1993)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1992/1992_91_790)
(last visited Sunday, November 29, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

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Question: 

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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 9 votes for Csx Transportation, Inc., 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: 45 U.S.C. 434

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Full Opinion by Justice Byron R. White