Legal Opinion
Green Mountain Railroad v. Vermont
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 14, 2005No. 04-0366-CVPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JACOBS, Circuit Judge.
Green Mountain Railroad Corporation (“Green Mountain”) proposed to build transloading facilities on its property in Vermont, and brings this action seeking a declaration that Vermont’s environmental land use statute, Act 250, Vt. Stat. Ann. Tit. 10, § 6001 et seq., is for that purpose preempted by the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act of 1995, 49 U.S.C. § 10101 et seq. (the “Termination Act”). The State of Vermont, its Agency of Natural Resources and the State Attorney General appeal from a judgment entered in the United States District Court for the…
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