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GREEN MOUNTAIN R.R. CORP. v. VERMONT

No. 04-0366-CV.

404 F.3d 638 (2005)

GREEN MOUNTAIN RAILROAD CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. State of VERMONT, Vermont Agency of Natural Resources and William H. Sorrell, as Attorney General of the State of Vermont, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: April 14, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeanne Elias, Assistant Attorney General for the State of Vermont, (Rebecca M. Ellis, Bridget Asay, Assistant Attorneys General, on the brief) Montpelier, VT, for Defendants-Appellants.

Robert B. Luce, (Eric A. Poehlmann, on the brief) Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC, Burlington, VT, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Evelyn G. Kitay (Ellen D. Hanson, General Counsel, on the brief) Washington, D.C. for Amicus Curiae Surface Transportation Board.

Robert M. Jenkins III, David M. Gossett, Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP, Washington D.C.; Louis P. Warchot, Dennis J. Starks, Association of American Railroads, Washington, D.C.; George A. Aspatore, Sarah J. Bailiff, Paul Guthrie, Thomas J. Healey, Paul R. Hitchcock, Theodore K. Kalick, Robert T. Opal, Louise Anne Rinn, Peter J. Shudtz, Sidney L. Strickland, Jr., of Counsel, on submission, for Amicus Curiae Association of American Railroads.

Before: CARDAMONE, JACOBS, CABRANES, Circuit Judges.

JACOBS, Circuit Judge.

Green Mountain Railroad Corporation ("Green Mountain") proposed to build transloading facilities on its property in Vermont, and brings this action seeking a declaration that Vermont's environmental land use statute, Act 250, Vt. Stat. Ann. Tit. 10, § 6001 et seq., is for that purpose preempted by the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act of 1995, 49 U.S.C. § 10101 et seq. (the "Termination Act"). The State of...

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