Legal Opinion
Burlington Northern Railroad Co. v. John James, Commissioner of Revenue of the State of Minnesota
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 22, 1990No. 89-5464MNPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TIMBERS, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Burlington Northern Railroad Company (“BN”) appeals from an order entered August 11, 1989, in the District of Minnesota, James M. Rosenbaum, District Judge, dismissing BN’s complaint on the ground that “its subject matter jurisdiction [was] limited to a determination of whether there is a rational basis and non-discriminatory purpose underlying the State of Minnesota’s valuation methodology.” Burlington Northern R.R. Co. v. James, (“James”), 725 F.Supp. 1058, 1063-64 (D.Minn.1989). Since the court’s holding that it had only “limited” jurisdiction amounts, in…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Burlington Northern Railroad v. Oklahoma Tax CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Matthews v. RodgersSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
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