Myers v. Missouri Pacific Railroad

Decided 2002-07-02

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OPALA, J. ' 1 The dispositive issues tendered on cer-tiorari are (1) does federal law preempt plaintiffs' state-tort-law theory that the railroad provided inadequate warning devices at the grade crossing in question? and (2) does federal law preempt plaintiffs' state-tort-law theory that the train was traveling at an excessive speed at the time of the collision? We answer both o…

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