FRIENDS OF THE EEL RIVER v. NORTH COAST RAILROAD AUTHORITY (NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY)
Respondents, North Coast Railroad Authority and Board of Directors of North Coast Railroad Authority, and Real Party in Interest, Northwestern Pacific Railroad Company, Opposition
Holding laws having the “effect of managing or governing rail transportation” preempted, “while permitting the continued application of laws having a more remote or incidental effect on rail transportation.”
49 U.S.C. § 10501 Cited 558 times 21 Legal Analyses
Assigning exclusive jurisdiction over "transportation by rail carriers" and "the construction ... operation ... of ... tracks" to the Surface Transportation Board