NEW ORLEANS & GULF COAST RY. CO. v. BARROIS

No. 06-31142.

533 F.3d 321 (2008)

NEW ORLEANS & GULF COAST RAILWAY COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Angel Marinovich BARROIS; Darren J. Barrois; Becky Hingle Kaliszeski; Jason C. Kaliszeski; Brady J. Miller; Tracy Windham Miller; Betty St. Germain Nelson; Kevin A. Nelson; Jerry J. Rayborn, Sr.; Lawrence Joseph Tillotson; Patricia Lerille Tillotson; Furniture Mart—Real Estate Holdings, LLC; Carol Plaisance Gainey; Leonard Jourdan, Jr.; Bruce Kennair; Tammy L. Kennair; Ann Frost Koen; Earl Herman Koen, Jr.; Sandra R. Rabalias; Martha Riddle; Winnie L. Soule; Marie Verdin Soulet; Rene Soulet; Dawn P. Treadway; John W. Treadway; Carl Steven Woodall; Robin Meyer Woodall, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 25, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence J. Ernst, Mary Beth Meyer (argued), Christovich & Kearney, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Stephen O. Scandurro, Scandurro & Layrisson, New Orleans, LA, W. Eric Lundin, III, Belle Chasse, LA, for Angel and Darren Barrois, and Bruce and Tammy Kennair.

Joe M. Inabnett (argued), New Orleans, LA, Larry Bruce Feldman, Jr. (argued), McGlinchey Stafford, New Orleans, LA, for Brady and Tracy Miller, Rayborn and Gainey.

Michael R. Delesdernier, Metairie, LA, for Betty and Kevin Nelson, Ann and Earl Koen, Riddle, Dawn and John Treadway and Carl and Robin Woodall.

Marc Christopher Dougherty, Sr., Gretna, LA, for Lawrence and Patricia Tillotson.

Michael Quirk Walshe, Jr. (argued), Stephen G. Bullock, Mary Stanfield Bubbett Jackson, Stone, Pigman, Walther & Wittmann, Jason Matthew Bilbe, Entergy Corp., New Orleans, LA, for Furniture Mart — Real Estate Holdings, LLC.

Before REAVLEY, SMITH and GARZA, Circuit Judges.


EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiff-appellant New Orleans & Gulf Coast Railway Company ("NOGCR" or the "Railroad") brought this action to prevent the defendants-appellees, a collection of Louisiana property owners (the "Landowners"), from installing or using private, at-grade railroad crossings, which the Railroad has not authorized, but which Louisiana state property law allegedly has. The district court dismissed...

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