1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.3d
  4. 520 F.3d
  5. 520 F.3d 822 (2008)
 

SAMUEL C. JOHNSON 1988 v. BAYFIELD COUNTY, WIS.

No. 07-1348.

520 F.3d 822 (2008)

SAMUEL C. JOHNSON 1988 TRUST, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. BAYFIELD COUNTY, WISCONSIN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 2, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl A. Sinderbrand, Axley Brynelson, Madison, WI, Cecilia Fex (argued), Ackerson Kauffman Fex, Washington, DC, William T. Stuart, Meissner, Tierney, Fisher & Nichols, Milwaukee, WI, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Richard K. Nordeng (argued), Stafford Rosenbaum, Steven Pray O'Connor, Office of the United States Attorney, Madison, WI, for Defendant-Appellant.

Andrea C. Ferster, Washington, DC, Rails to Trail Conservancy, Amicus Curiae.

Debra P. Conrad, Wisconsin Realtors Ass'n, Madison, WI, Wisconsin Realtors Ass'n, Amicus Curiae.

J. Bushnell Nielson, Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren, Waukesha, WI, Wisconsin Land Title Ass'n, Amicus Curiae.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and FLAUM and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

At issue in this lawsuit are Bayfield County's ("the County") ongoing efforts to convert unused railway lines in the County into snowmobile trails. As the legal basis for its plans, the County alleges that the United States retains a reversionary interest in these railroad right-of-ways and that Congress has established that, pursuant to this reversionary interest, if the railway lines are formally abandoned, local governments are then provided...

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