OREGON SHORT LINE R. CO. v. DEPT. OF REVENUE OREGON

Nos. 97-35025, 97-35088, 97-35089, 97-35113, 97-35181 to 97-35186.

139 F.3d 1259 (1998)

OREGON SHORT LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, Union Pacific Railroad Company; Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE OREGON; State of Oregon, Defendants-Appellants. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY; Oregon Short Line Railroad Company; Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE OREGON; State of Oregon, Defendants-Appellants. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY; Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co., Oregon Short Line Railroad Co., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE OREGON; State of Oregon, Defendants-Appellants. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY and its lessors; Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company, and Oregon Short Line Railroad Company, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE OREGON; State of Oregon, Defendants-Appellants. OREGON SHORT LINE RAILROAD COMPANY; Union Pacific Railroad Company; Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE OREGON, Defendant-Appellant. OREGON SHORT LINE RAILROAD COMPANY; Union Pacific Railroad Company; Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE OREGON, Defendant-Appellee. OREGON SHORT LINE RAILROAD COMPANY; Union Pacific Railroad Company; Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE OREGON; State of Oregon, Defendants-Appellees. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY; Oregon Short Line Railroad Company; Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE OREGON; State of Oregon, Defendants-Appellees. OREGON SHORT LINE RAILROAD COMPANY; Union Pacific Railroad Company; Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE OREGON; State of Oregon, Defendants-Appellees. OREGON SHORT LINE RAILROAD COMPANY; Union Pacific Railroad Company; Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE OREGON; State of Oregon, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 23, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard D. Wasserman, Office of the Attorney General, Salem, Oregon, for appellants.

Eugene A. Ritti, Hawley Troxell Ennis & Hawley LLP, Boise, Idaho, for appellees-cross-appellants.

Before: FERNANDEZ, RYMER, and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges.


FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judge:

Union Pacific Railroad Company, Oregon Short Line Railroad Company and Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Company (collectively "the Railroads"),1 brought a number of actions against the Department of Revenue of the State of Oregon and the State of Oregon (collectively "the State") in which the Railroads sought declaratory and injunctive relief under § 306 of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases