Legal Opinion
People v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 2, 2006No. C048336PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SCOTLAND, P. J.
The People of the State of California filed a civil complaint against the Union Pacific Railroad Company (Union Pacific) and the Chemical Lime Company of Arizona (Chemical Lime) based upon the spillage of substantial quantities of calcium oxide into the environment.
Demurrers were sustained without leave to amend and the complaint was dismissed because the trial court concluded the People’s claims are pre empted in their entirety by the federal Hazardous Materials Transportation Authorization Act of 1994 (HMTA) (49 U.S.C. § 5101 et seq.) and the Federal Railroad Safety…
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