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033136P.pdf 08/25/2004 Iowa & Chicago RR v. Washington County
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 03-3136
Southern District of Iowa
Civil Case - Interstate Commerce Termination Act - preemption.
Railroad seeks declaration that ICCTA preempts state law's requirement
that railroad pay to maintain railroad bridges. Railroad failed to establish
that ICCTA's preemption provision preempts state administrative
proceedings commenced by state agency in response to county's petition
to order railroad to pay for bridge repairs. District court is affirmed.
[PUBLISHED] [Chief Judge Loken, Author, with Bye, Circuit Judge and
Magnuson, District Judge]