Legal Opinion
Union Pacific Railroad v. Chicago Transit Authority
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 25, 2011No. 09-2147PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Union Pacific Railroad Company owns a 2.8-mile-long right-of-way that it has leased to the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) for almost 50 years. When it became too costly for the CTA to continue leasing the land, the CTA sought to condemn the land and obtain a perpetual easement over it. Union Pacific filed for injunctive relief in federal district court, arguing that the state condemnation was preempted by the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act (“ICCTA” or “Act”), 49 U.S.C. § 10501(b). The district court agreed and granted the injunction. The CTA now appeals.…
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