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Meeks v. Georgia Southern & Florida Railway Co.

377 U.S. 405 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1964-06-01 Docket No. 981 English

Judges whom Mr. Justice Stewart joins,

Decision Majority (1) — Per Curiam. · Harlan J.

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MEEKS v. GEORGIA SOUTHERN & FLORIDA RAILWAY CO.
No. 981.
Decided June 1, 1964[1]
Thomas J. Lewis and Thomas J. Lewis, Jr. for petitioner in No. 981.
W. Graham Claytor, Jr., Charles J. Bloch, Denmark Groover, Jr. and William H. Allen for respondent in No. 981.
George R. Wolf for petitioner in No. 1004.
Robert Broderick for respondent in No. 1004.

The petitions for writs of certiorari are granted and the judgments are reversed. Rogers v. Missouri Pacific R. Co., 352 U. S. 500 .

whom Mr. Justice Stewart joins,

dissenting in No. 981, and dissenting in part and concurring in part in No. 1004.

These are two more negligence cases, neither of which should have been brought here since both involve only-questions of the sufficiency of the evidence to support the jury verdicts. See, e. g., my dissenting opinion in Dennis v. Denver & Rio Grande W. R. Co., 375 U. S. 208 , 212, and

Concurring in part and dissenting in part — Harlan J.

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those in the cases therein cited; cf. my dissenting opinion in Eichel v. New York Central R. Co., 375 U. S. 253 , 256.

Feeling obliged, however, to reach the merits because the cases are before us, see my opinion in Rogers v. Missouri P. R. Co., 352 U. S. 500 , 559-562, I dissent from the judgment in No. 981 and concur in the judgment in No. 1004.

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