BURLINGTON NO. R. v. DEPT. OF REV. OF ST. OF WIS.

No. 81-C-772.

570 F.Supp. 585 (1983)

BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD CO., Chicago & North Western Transportation Co., Green Bay & Western Railroad Co., Soo Line Railroad Co., and Richard B. Ogilvie, Trustee of the Property of Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Co., Debtor, Plaintiffs, v. The DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE OF the STATE OF WISCONSIN, Defendant.

United States District Court, W.D. Wisconsin.

September 2, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Best of Michael, Best & Friedrich, Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiffs.

John J. Glinski, Asst. Atty. Gen. of State of Wis., Department of Justice, Madison, Wis., for defendant.


OPINION AND ORDER

JAMES E. DOYLE, District Judge.

This is a civil action for declaratory and injunctive relief and is presently before the court on plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 56. Plaintiff claims that enforcement of the "Wisconsin State Property Tax Relief Law," Chapter 20, Wisconsin Laws of 1981, § 1174 violates the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act 1976, 49 U.S.C. § 11503 (hereinafter referred...

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