Legal Opinion
SAMUEL C. JOHNSON 1988 v. Bayfield County, Wis.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 2, 2008No. 07-1348PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
At issue in this lawsuit are Bayfield County’s (“the County”) ongoing efforts to convert unused railway lines in the County into snowmobile trails. As the legal basis for its plans, the County alleges that the United States retains a reversionary interest in these railroad right-of-ways and that Congress has established that, pursuant to this reversionary interest, if the railway lines are formally abandoned, local governments are then provided with a one-year window with which to establish a public highway if they so choose. 43 U.S.C. § 912; 16 U.S.C. § 1248(c). Local…
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