Legal Opinion
Csx Transportation, Inc. v. City of Plymouth, Jennifer M. Granholm, Attorney General of the State of Michigan
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 21, 2002No. 00-1552PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GILMAN, Circuit Judge.
Subject to certain exceptions, a Michigan statute prohibits trains from continuously blocking grade crossings for more than five minutes. CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT), a railroad company that operates interstate trains throughout Michigan, has been repeatedly fined for violating this statute. Claiming that the Michigan statute is preempted by federal law and that it unduly burdens interstate commerce in violation of the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution, CSXT filed a lawsuit seeking declaratory and injunctive relief. CSXT subsequently filed a…
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