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ATCHISON, T. & S. F. RY. CO. v. LENNEN

No. 80-2299.

640 F.2d 255 (1981)

The ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILWAY CO., Union Pacific Railroad Co., Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Co. et al, Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Co., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Michael LENNEN, Department of Revenue, State of Kansas et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided January 23, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. B. Reeves, Laurence E. Garrett, Ronald A. Lane, Daniel J. Westerbeck, Chicago, for plaintiff-appellant The Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co.

John R. Mendenhall, F. Kent Kalb, James D. Douglass, Chester A. Arterburn, Jr., Sabatini, Waggener, Vincent & Arterburn, Topeka, Kan., for plaintiff-appellant Union Pac. Ry. Co.

Mark L. Bennett, Jr., Topeka, Kan., for plaintiff-appellant Chicago R. I. & P. Ry. Co., and William M. Gibbons, trustee of the property of Chicago R. I. & P. Ry. Co., and Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co., with him on the brief.

James J. McGannon, Wichita, Kan. (Carol B. Bonebrake, Topeka, Kan., and Patrick J. Regan, Regan & McGannon, Wichita, Kan., with him on the brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before McWILLIAMS, BREITENSTEIN, and DOYLE, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Plaintiffs-Appellants, the several Railroads, filed four separate actions in the United States District Court for Kansas seeking declaratory and injunctive relief under 49 U.S.C. § 11503(c) which grants jurisdiction to district courts to prevent a violation of § 11503(b).1 The Railroads alleged that the State of Kansas discriminated against rail transportation in assessing and collecting property taxes in violation...

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