BNSF Railway Company v. City of Edmond Oklahoma

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY, ) A Delaware Corporation, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Case No. CIV-19-769-G ) CITY OF EDMOND, OKLAHOMA, ) et al., ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiff BNSF Railway Company has filed this lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Oklahoma’s recently enacted “Blocked Crossing Statute” (or the “Statute”),

Okla. Stat. tit. 66, § 190. Plaintiff’s Complaint seeks declaratory and injunctive relief and names five Defendants. Two are municipal corporations: (1) City of Edmond, Oklahoma (“Edmond”);…