Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. (600 U.S. 122)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided June 27, 2023 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 600 U.S. 122 · 143 S. Ct. 2028
- Decided
- June 27, 2023
- Term
- October Term 2022
- Vote
- 5–4
- Majority author
- Justice Gorsuch
- Issue area
- Due Process
- Disposition
- Vacated and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
Opinion excerpt
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2022 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U. S. 321 , 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus MALLORY v. NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO. CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA, EASTERN DISTRICT No. 21–1168. Argued November 8, 2022—Decided June 27, 2023 Robert Mallory worked for Norfolk Southern as a freight-car mechanic for nearly 20 years, first in Ohio, then in Virginia. After he left the company, Mr. Mallory moved to Pennsylvania for a period before re- turning to Virginia. Along the way he was diagnosed with cancer. Be- cause he attributed his illness to his work at Norfolk Southern, Mr. Mallory sued his former employer under the Federal Employers’ Lia- bility Act, 45 U. S. C. §§51 –60, a federal workers’ compensation scheme permitting railroad employees to recover damages for their employers’ negligence. Mr. Mallory filed his lawsuit in Pennsylvania state court. Norfolk Southern—a company incorporated in Virginia and headquar- tered there—resisted the suit on the basis that a Pennsylvania court’s exercise of…
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