DETROIT INTERN. BRIDGE CO. v. GOVERNMENT OF CANADA

No. 16-5270.

883 F.3d 895 (2017)

DETROIT INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE COMPANY, a Michigan corporation and Canadian Transit Company, a Canadian Special Act Corporation, Appellants v. GOVERNMENT OF CANADA, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 21, 2017.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing March 6, 2018.

Reissued March 6, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hamish Hume , Washington, DC, argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellants.

Robert J. Lundman , Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for federal appellees. With him on the brief were Jeffrey H. Wood , Acting Assistant Attorney General, and J. David Gunter II , Trial Attorney. Matt Littleton , Trial Attorney, entered an appearance.

Joshua O. Booth , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Michigan, was on the brief for amicus curiae Michigan Governor Richard D. Snyder in support of defendants-appellees.

Before: Garland, Chief Judge, Rogers, Circuit Judge, and Sentelle, Senior Circuit Judge.


The Ambassador Bridge is the only bridge spanning the Detroit River between Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Canada. It has been in operation since 1929 and is currently owned and operated by the Canadian Transit Company, which is wholly owned by the Detroit International Bridge Company (collectively "the Company"). The Company...

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