Legal Opinion
Hynek v. MCI World Communications, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Indiana
Decided May 20, 2002No. 3:00cv758ASPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
ALLEN SHARP, District Judge.
This matter is before the court on the Defendants’, Norfolk Southern Railway Company, Consolidated Rail Corporation, and Pennsylvania Lines, LLC (collectively, “Railroad Defendants”), motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. This court has jurisdiction over the instant action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1332; 1441.
I. BRIEF BACKGROUND
This action involves a dispute over the burying and construction of fiber optic cable lines beneath a railroad corridor in northern Indiana.…
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