Legal Opinion
CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Board of Public Works of West Virginia
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 10, 1998No. 97-1296PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Reversed and rémanded by published opinion. Judge MURNAGHAN wrote the opinion, in which Judge NIEMEYER and HAMILTON joined.
OPINION
MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:
' Two railroads alleged that the assessment, levying and collection of certain West Virginia taxes violated the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 19'76. Finding that the Act’s pürported abrogation of a state’s Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity was invalid under Seminole Tribe v. Florida, 517 U.S. 44, 116 S.Ct. 1114, 134 L.Ed.2d 252 (1996), and that Ex parte Young, 209 U.S. 123, 28 S.Ct. 441, 52 L.Ed. 714 (1908),…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Papasan v. AllainSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Edelman v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Seminole Tribe of Florida v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- City of Boerne v. FloresSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Csx Transportation, Incorporated v. The Board Of Public Works Of The State Of West VirginiaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1998
- Litman v. George Mason UniversityDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1998