Legal Opinion
National Railroad Passenger Corporation D/B/A Amtrak v. Providence and Worcester Railroad Company and Capital Properties, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 11, 1986No. 86-1055PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge:
In this appeal involving railroad lines, we are asked to decide whether the District Court properly stayed the plaintiffs action for declaratory relief pending the outcome of a Rhode Island state condemnation proceeding. The District Court shunted the plaintiff’s case to a side track on the grounds that the issues raised by the plaintiff’s complaint were the same as those before the state court. We agree and affirm.
Parallel Tracks
The facts of this case are simple and not in dispute. In 1984, the State of Rhode Island, acting through its Department of…
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