Thomas A. Donelon, Charles J. Eagan, Jr. v. New Orleans Terminal Company and Federal Railroad Administration of the Department of Transportation

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from the granting of a federal injunction prohibiting plaintiffs-appellants, various officials of the Parish of Jefferson, Louisiana [hereinafter the Parish Officials], from proceeding with a state court suit in which they were attempting to obtain injunc-tive relief against the allegedly unsafe practices of defendant-appellee, the New Orleans Terminal Company [hereinafter the Railroad]. 1 The Railroad filed a counterclaim in a related federal suit, which was also brought by the Parish Officials, and asked for a declaratory judgment that the Parish…