377 U.S. 405 - Meeks v. Georgia Southern & Florida Railway Co
377 US 405 Meeks v. Georgia Southern & Florida Railway Co
377 U.S. 405
84 S.Ct. 1628
12 L.Ed.2d 495
MEEKS
v.
GEORGIA SOUTHERN & FLORIDA RAILWAY CO.
No. 981.
BRASWELL
v.
The NEW YORK, CHICAGO & ST. LOUIS R. CO.
No. 1004.
Supreme Court of the United States
June 1, 1964
Thomas J. Lewis and Thomas J. Lewis, Jr., for petitioner Meeks.
George R. Wolf, for petitioner Braswell.
W. Graham Claytor, Jr., Charles J. Bloch, Denmark Groover, Jr. and William H. Allen, for respondent Georgia Southern & Florida R. Co.
Robert Broderick, for respondent New York, Chicago & St. Louis R. Co.
On Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the Court of Appeals of Georgia.
On Petition for Writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Illinois.
PER CURIAM.
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The petitions for writs of certiorari are granted and the judgments are reversed. Rogers v. Missouri Pacific R. Co., 352 U.S. 500, 77, S.Ct. 443, 1 L.Ed.2d 493.
Mr. Justice HARLAN, 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, 84 S.Ct. 291, 11 L.Ed.2d 256, and those in the cases therein cited; cf. my dissenting opinion in Eichel v. New York Central R. Co., 375 U.S. 253, 256, 84 S.Ct. 316, 11 L.Ed.2d 307.
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, 77 S.Ct. 443, 1 L.Ed.2d 493. I dissent from the judgment in No. 981 and concur in the j dgment in No. 1004.