No. 20-635

Soo Line Railroad Company, dba Canadian Pacific v. Consolidated Rail Corporation, et al.

Lower Court: Seventh Circuit
Docketed: 2020-11-10
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: exclusive-jurisdiction federal-preemption interstate-commerce interstate-commerce-commission-termination-act jurisdiction preemption rail-corporation state-law termination-act
Key Terms:
Arbitration ERISA JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2021-01-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the court of appeals erroneously held that the exemption provision of the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act (49 U.S.C. § 11321(a)) independently preempts an action grounded in state law against a rail corporation without consideration of the limits on preemption set by the exclusive jurisdiction provision (49 U.S.C. § 10501(b)) of the Act

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the court of appeals erroneously held that the exemption provision of the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act (49 U.S.C. § 11321(a)) independently preempts an action grounded in state law against a rail corporation without consideration of the limits on preemption set by the exclusive jurisdiction provision (49 U.S.C. § 10501(b)) of the Act. (i)

Docket Entries

2021-01-11
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-11-23
Waiver of right of respondent Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Company to respond filed.
2020-11-18
Waiver of right of respondents Terry Evans, John Hart, Mike PEndergrass and Tom Werner to respond filed.
2020-11-17
Waiver of right of respondent Norfolk Southern Railway Company, LLC; Norfolk Southern Corporation to respond filed.
2020-11-16
Waiver of right of respondents CSX Transportation, Inc., CSX Corporation to respond filed.
2020-11-14
Waiver of right of respondent Consolidated Rail Corporation to respond filed.
2020-11-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 10, 2020)

Attorneys

Consolidated Rail Corporation
Evan Mark TagerMayer Brown LLP, Respondent
Evan Mark TagerMayer Brown LLP, Respondent
CSX Transportation, Inc., CSX Corporation
Andrew Richard Musgrove BlaiklockLewis Wagner LLP, Respondent
Andrew Richard Musgrove BlaiklockLewis Wagner LLP, Respondent
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Company
Lawrence AdelsonChico & Nunes, P.C., Respondent
Lawrence AdelsonChico & Nunes, P.C., Respondent
Norfolk Southern Railway Company, LLC; Norfolk Southern Corporation
Theodore R. BoehmHoover Hull Turner, LLP, Respondent
Theodore R. BoehmHoover Hull Turner, LLP, Respondent
Soo Line Railroad Company dba Canadian Pacific
Dennis LaneStinson LLP, Petitioner
Dennis LaneStinson LLP, Petitioner
Terry Evans, John Hart, Mike PEndergrass and Tom Werner
Nancy J. TownsendKrieg DeVault, LLP, Respondent
Nancy J. TownsendKrieg DeVault, LLP, Respondent