No. 19-733

Metro-North Commuter Railroad Co. v. Jamey Murphy

Lower Court: Connecticut
Docketed: 2019-12-10
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: federal-railroad-safety-act passenger-platform preemption state-law-claim state-law-claims track-conditions track-safety train-speed transportation-regulation
Latest Conference: 2020-01-10
Question Presented (from Petition)

Does the Federal Railroad Safety Act preempt a state-law claim that a train may not travel on a track next to a passenger platform at the operating speed set by 49 C.F.R. § 213.9?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the Federal Railroad Safety Act preempt a state-law claim that a train may not travel on a track next to a passenger platform at the operating speed set by 49 C.F.R. § 213.9?

Docket Entries

2020-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2019-12-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
2019-12-16
Waiver of right of respondent Jamey Murphy to respond filed.
2019-12-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 9, 2020)
2019-09-26
Application (19A336) granted by Justice Ginsburg extending the time to file until December 6, 2019.
2019-09-23
Application (19A336) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 7, 2019 to December 6, 2019, submitted to Justice Ginsburg.

Attorneys

Jamey Murphy
James John HealyCowdery & Murphy, LLC, Respondent
Metro-North Commuter Railroad Co.
Mark Christopher SavignacSteptoe & Johnson LLP, Petitioner