Legal Opinion
In the Matter of Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company, Debtor. Appeal of the State of Wisconsin, Department of Transportation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 28, 1984No. 83-1449PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT), appeals from two orders of the district court in the proceeding for reorganization of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company (Milwaukee Road). Order 606-D (appealed from) finalized Orders 606-B and C, authorizing abandonment of the Milwaukee Road’s Janesville to Madison line (and one other line). These orders failed to grant WisDOT’s request for leave to acquire the line by condemnation. Order 606-E (appealed from) declared that Wisconsin may not exercise the power of eminent domain…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Hayfield Northern Railroad v. Chicago & North Western Transportation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Callaway v. BentonSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Chicago and North Western Transportation Company v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- In the Matter of Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company, Debtor. Appeal of the City of New Hampton, IowaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Charles W. Bartlett, TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Local 232, Allied Industrial Workers of America, Afl-Cio, Cross-Appellant v. Briggs & Stratton Corporation, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- Goodrich Corp. v. Town of MiddleburyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2002
- Goodrich Corp. v. Town Of MiddleburyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2002
- In the Matter of Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company, Debtor. Appeal of the City of New Hampton, IowaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- Jane Kieffer v. Sears, Roebuck & CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1989
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