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24 Jun 2014, 5:20 am by Amy Howe
United States, the Court held that a provision of the federal bank fraud statute which makes it a crime to “knowingly execut[e] a scheme . . . to obtain” property owned by, or under the custody of, a bank “by means of false or fraudulent pretenses” does not require the government to prove that a defendant intended to defraud a financial institution. [read post]
12 Jun 2014, 4:19 pm by Amy Howe
  Comparing (consistent with a stipulation by the railroad and the state) the taxation of the railroad with those of its direct competitors, the court of appeals agreed with the railroad that the tax was discriminatory because the railroad’s competitors do not pay it. [read post]
15 May 2014, 6:00 am by Dusty Elias Kirk
United States, which established the prevailing rule that land transferred to private landowners by the government, under the agreement that the land be used as roadbed underneath the rail line, must return to the private landowners once the railroad company surrendered the right-of-way by abandoning the railroad. [read post]
8 May 2014, 10:57 am by Andrew Alberg
  In March, the Supreme Court held in an 8-1 decision that rights of way granted to railroad companies during the nineteenth century were mere easements without reversionary interests to the United States government, triggering constitutional Takings Clause issues. [read post]
14 Mar 2014, 3:20 pm by Cicely Wilson
United States, United States Supreme Court (3/10/14)Real Estate & Property Law, Transportation Law, Zoning, Planning & Land UseThe General Railroad Right-of-Way Act of 1875 provides railroad companies “right[s] of way through the public lands of the United States,” 43 U.S.C. 934. [read post]
12 Mar 2014, 11:31 am by Richard Pildes
United States, about who owns rights-of-way the government granted railroad companies, to facilitate railroad construction in the nineteenth century, when a company abandons those rights. [read post]
10 Mar 2014, 7:35 am
  Perhaps a set of basic governance devices as models would serve a useful purpose as well.In any case, this has been a long time coming in the United States. [read post]
8 Mar 2014, 7:19 am by Mark Murakami
As to this claim, the panel found that the district court properly abstained from deciding the issue under the doctrine set forth in Railroad Commission of Texas v. [read post]
24 Feb 2014, 8:22 am by WIMS
EME Homer City[1] and Seventh, United States v. [read post]
31 Jan 2014, 7:11 am by John Elwood
Cobb, 13-138; Sears, Roebuck and Company v. [read post]
23 Jan 2014, 9:37 am by John Elwood
Cobb, 13-138; Sears, Roebuck and Company v. [read post]
16 Jan 2014, 6:46 am by Joy Waltemath
” Citing the Supreme Court’s decision in Atlantic Marine Construction Co v United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, the appeals court noted that it plainly reaffirmed Bremen’s identification of a strong public policy supporting the enforcement of forum selection clauses. [read post]