Legal Opinion

Rushing v. Kansas City Southern Ry. Co.

District Court, S.D. Mississippi

Decided May 22, 2001No. 3:99-cv-00185PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

BARBOUR, District Judge.

This cause is before the Court on the Motion of the Defendant to Dismiss for lack of federal subject matter jurisdiction. In the alternative, the Defendant seeks partial summary judgment on the Plaintiffs’ common law claim of nuisance. The Court has considered the motion, response, rebuttal, attachments to each and supporting and opposing authority and finds that the Motion to Dismiss should be granted in part and denied in part.

I. Factual Background and Procedural History

The subject of this cause of action relates to the operation by the Defendant,…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
  2. Blue Chip Stamps v. Manor Drug StoresSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. Hillsborough County v. Automated Medical Laboratories, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Chicago & North Western Transportation Co. v. Kalo Brick & Tile Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
  5. Houston, East & West Texas Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914

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3Cited by34 opinions

  1. Port City Properties v. Union Pacific RailroadCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2008
  2. Emerson v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2007
  3. Franks Investment Co. LLC v. Union Pacific RailroadCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2010
  4. Cedarapids, Inc. v. Chicago, Central & Pacific RailroadDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 2003
  5. Maynard v. CSX Transportation, Inc.District Court, E.D. Kentucky · 2004

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