IN RE BURNETT; AND IN RE COCHRAN

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• CSX Transp., Inc. v. Easterwood, 507 U.S. 658 (U.S. 1993)
  …im based on the absence of proper warning devices was not. 933 F. 2d 1548, 1553-1556 (1991). Because Courts of Appeals have differed over the pre-emptive effect of FRSA on negligence suits against railroads, we granted the petitions of both parties. 505 U. S. 1217 (1992).1 We now affirm. I FRSA was enacted in 1970 “to promote safety in all areas of railroad operations and to reduce railroad-related accidents, and to reduce deaths and injuries to persons . . . .” 45 U. S. C. §421. To aid in the achievement…
• Alexander v. United States, 509 U.S. 544 (U.S. 1993)
  …ot require a proportionality review of any sentence less than life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.’” Id., at 836 (quoting United States v. Pryba, 900 F. 2d 748, 757 (CA4), cert. denied, 498 U. S. 924 (1990)). We granted certiorari, 505 U. S. 1217 (1992). Petitioner first contends that the forfeiture in this case, which effectively shut down his adult entertainment business, constituted an unconstitutional prior restraint on speech, rather than a permissible criminal punishment. According to…