GRANTWOOD VILLAGE v. MISSOURI PACIFIC R.R. CO.

No. 95-3588.

95 F.3d 654 (1996)

GRANTWOOD VILLAGE, Appellant, v. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY; Gateway Trailnet, Inc.; Grant's Farm Manor, Inc.; Union Pacific Railroad Company, Appellees, Rails to Trails Conservancy, Amicus Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 9, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark F. Hearne, II, argued, Clayton, MO, for appellant.

J. Peter Schmitz, argued, St. Louis, MO (Roy P. Farwell, on the brief), for appellee.

Before BOWMAN, BEAM, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.


BEAM, Circuit Judge.

This case involves a dispute over the conversion of a railroad right-of-way into a trail system under the National Trail Systems Act (Trails Act). Grantwood Village (the Village) appeals the district court's order1 granting summary judgment to the defendants. For reversal, Grantwood makes two broad arguments: (1) the district court did not have jurisdiction over this dispute involving rights to real property under...

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