Legal Opinion
Union Pacific Railroad v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 29, 1976No. 75-1441PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
GOODWIN, Circuit Judge.
The Union Pacific Railroad Company appeals a judgment of the district court, following a decision that a contract between the Union Pacific and the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company (the Milwaukee) terminated when the connecting tracks were removed. We affirm.
In 1910, the predecessor to the Union Pacific (the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company) entered into three trackage agreements with the predecessor to the Milwaukee (the Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway Company).1 These contracts provided for the construction and…
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- Union Pacific Railroad Company v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul And Pacific Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976