Legal Opinion
Union Pacific Railroad v. California Public Utilities Commission
District Court, N.D. California
Decided July 20, 2000No. C 97-3660 TEHPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
HENDERSON, District Judge.
This matter came before the Court on May 1, 2000, on plaintiffs’ and defendants’ cross-motions for summary judgment. Having carefully considered the written and oral arguments presented by the parties, intervenors, and amicus curiae, and the voluminous record herein, the Court grants in part, and denies in part, the motions for summary judgment as set forth below.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
As explained in our December 10, 1997 memorandum addressing plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary injunction, this case has its genesis in two major railway accidents that…
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- Myers v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2002
- Union Pacific Railroad Company, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company, and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, United Transportation Union, Intervenors v. California Public Utilities Commission, P. Gregory Conlon, Jessie J. Knight, Henry M. Duque, Josiah L. Neeper, Richard A. Bilas, Commissioners of the California Public Utilities Commission, in Their Individual Capacities, Union Pacific Railroad Company, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company, and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers United Transportation Union, Intervenors v. California Public Utilities Commission, and P. Gregory Conlon, Jessie J. Knight, Henry M. Duque, Josiah L. Neeper, Richard A. Bilas, Commissioners of the California Public Utilities Commission, in Their Individual CapacitiesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
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