Legal Opinion
City of Marietta v. CSX Transportation, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided November 29, 1999No. 98-8436PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COX, Circuit Judge:
CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSX) runs a railroad that passes through Marietta, Georgia. When CSX closed two pedestrian grade crossings in Marietta without warning, the City of Marietta sued. The district court granted CSX summary judgment, and Marietta appeals. Because CSX leases the railroad from the State of Georgia, we raised sua sponte the issue of whether Georgia is an indispensable party under Fed.R.Civ.P. 19. We conclude that the action may proceed without Georgia, and we certify a core, dispositive issue of Georgia law to the Georgia Supreme Court.
I. Background
Marietta…
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