Wisconsin Central Ltd. v. Gottlieb

¶ 1. This case concerns a troublesome railroad crossing where busy railroad tracks owned by Wisconsin Central LTD (WCL) intersect with high volume vehicle traffic on Lakeshore Drive leading into and out of the city of Fond du Lac. Pursuant to an order of the Office of the Commissioner of Railroads (OCR), the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (DOT) is managing a project through which vehicle traffic on Lakeshore Drive will be redirected onto an overpass, separated from the railroad tracks. The overpass project was the outcome of a settlement agreement between WCL and the village of North…