Legal Opinion
Louisiana-Pacific Corp. v. Texas Dept. of Transportation
District Court, E.D. Texas
Decided March 23, 1999No. 1:98-cv-01516PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED MEMORANDUM OPINION
COBB, District Judge.
In the 1880’s, Plaintiffs predecessors in title (who owned property in question in fee simple) granted easements for railroad purposes to the Sabine and East Texas Railway Company. Southern Pacific Railway, the current defendant, subsequently acquired these easements..
In 1994, Southern Pacific, pursuant to The National Trails System Act of 1983,16 U.S.C. § 1247(d) (“Trails Act”) conveyed the easements in question to the Texas Department of Transportation. The Trails Act allows a railroad wishing to cease operations on a line to negotiate with,…
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