Legal Opinion
Union Pacific Railroad Company v. Public Utility Commission of the State of Oregon State of Oregon
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 28, 1990No. 87-4211PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES R. BROWNING, Circuit Judge:
The State of Oregon imposes a levy on railroads doing business in Oregon to recoup the costs of regulating railroad operations within that state. See Or.Rev.Stat. § 756.310. Union Pacific Railroad Company sought and obtained a declaratory judgment that the levy violates a provision of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act (“4-R Act”) prohibiting the imposition of a “tax that discriminates against a rail carrier.” See 49 U.S.C. § 11503(b)(4). 1 The only question present ed in this appeal is one of statutory interpretation: does § 11503(b)(4) of…
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