Legal Opinion
Michigan Interstate Railway Co. v. Grand Trunk Western Railroad
Special Court under the Regional Rail Reorganization Act
Decided October 18, 1978No. Civ. A. No. 78-1PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIENDLY, Presiding Judge:
This action concerns the rights of plaintiffs, Michigan Department of State Highways and Transportation (MDT) and Michigan Interstate Railway Company (MIRC), with respect to some 10 miles of track between Durand and Owosso, Michigan, formerly owned by the bankrupt Ann Arbor Railroad Company (Ann Arbor). The facts appearing from the pleadings and affidavits are as follows:
The Final System Plan (FSP) as submitted to Congress designated relatively little of the Ann Arbor to ConRail or to profitable railroads. The southern portion of the line, from Toledo, Ohio, to…
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