Legal Opinion
Consolidated Rail Corporation v. Grand Trunk Western Railroad
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 15, 2015No. 13-2269UnpublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HELENE N. WHITE, Circuit Judge.
Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company (GTW) appeals a jury verdict in favor of Plaintiffs Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) and Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NS) and Third-Party Defendant CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSX), and the denial of its post-judgment motion for judgment as a matter of law, a new trial, or remittitur, in this action arising from a dispute regarding the right to cross and use a segment of GTW’s railroad track. We AFFIRM.
BACKGROUND
A. The 1897 Agreement
Beginning in 1873, Conrail 1 operated parallel railroad tracks that ran south…
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