Legal Opinion

Alabama Great Southern Railroad v. City of Laurel

District Court, S.D. Mississippi

Decided November 15, 1971No. Civ. A. No. 2472Published

1Opinion of the Court

*286OPINION OF THE COURT

DAN M. RUSSELL, Jr., Chief Judge.

Plaintiff, Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company, herein called AGS or railroad, filed this action against the City of Laurel, Mississippi, its mayor and two commissioners, claiming jurisdiction by virtue of 28 U.S.C., Sections 1331, 1332, 2201 and 2202. Plaintiff seeks to enjoin defendants from enforcing two city ordinances requiring the railroad in one ordinance, No. 563-1970, to erect and maintain lights at each grade crossing or intersection of its main lines with the streets of the City, and in the other ordinance, No. 564-1970, to…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. City of Gainesville, Georgia v. Southern Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
  2. City of Gainesville, Georgia, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross v. Southern Railway Company, Defendant-Appellant-CrossCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971

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