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Whipps Land & Cattle Co. v. Level 3 Communications, LLC

Nebraska Supreme Court

Decided March 14, 2003No. S-01-1206PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGerrard, J.

NATURE OF CASE

Whipps Land & Cattle Company, Inc., and Lyndell W. Whipps and Doris Whipps (collectively Whipps) sued Level 3 Communications, LLC (Level 3), after Level 3 installed underground fiber-optic cable in railroad rights-of-way that abut Whipps’ properties in Hitchcock and Dundy Counties. The primary issue presented in this appeal is whether the district court correctly concluded that Whipps had no interest in the Hitchcock County right-of-way.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

Although all of the issues presented in this case stem from Level 3’s installation of underground fiber-optic cable, the…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Jackson v. Metropolitan Edison Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. Blum v. YaretskySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  4. Great Northern Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  5. Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. TownsendSupreme Court of the United States · 1903

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3Cited by23 opinions

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