No. 19-386
Monroe County Commission v. A.A. Nettles, Sr. Properties Limited, et al.
Tags: exclusive-jurisdiction federal-preemption interim-trail-use interim-use national-trails-system-act rail-line-abandonment railroad-abandonment railroad-right-of-way surface-transportation-board trail-conversion
Latest Conference:
2020-01-10
(distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether federal law giving the STB exclusive jurisdiction over abandonment of rail lines and expressly stating that conversion of a railroad right-of-way to an interim trail use shall not be treated "for purposes of any law" as abandonment, preempts state law that would deem a railroad right-of-way abandoned because of disuse or conversion to interim trail use.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether federal law preempts state law on railroad right-of-way abandonment
Docket Entries
2020-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2019-12-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
2019-12-20
Reply of petitioner Monroe County Commission filed.
2019-12-16
Letter waiving the 14-day waiting period for the distribution of the petition under Rule 15.5 filed.
2019-12-16
Brief of respondents A.A. Nettles, Sr. Properties Limited and Eula Lambert Boyles in opposition filed.
2019-11-18
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted in part; the time is extended to and including December 16, 2019.
2019-11-15
Response to motion from petitioner Monroe County Commission filed.
2019-11-15
Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 12, 2019 to January 13, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-11-12
Brief amicus curiae of Association of American Railroads filed.
2019-11-12
Brief amici curiae of Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, et al. filed.
2019-10-18
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 12, 2019.
2019-10-14
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 12, 2019 to December 12, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-10-11
Response Requested. (Due November 12, 2019)
2019-10-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2019.
2019-10-01
Waiver of right of respondents A.A. Nettles, Sr. Properties Limited, et al. to respond filed.
2019-09-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 23, 2019)
2019-07-17
Application (19A53) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until September 23, 2019.
2019-07-12
Application (19A53) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 25, 2019 to September 23, 2019, submitted to Justice Thomas.
Attorneys
A.A. Nettles, Sr. Properties Limited and Eula Lambert Boyles
Robert Mark Loeb — Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Respondent
A.A. Nettles, Sr. Properties Limited, et al.
John Douglas Lloyd — The Law Office of J.D. Lloyd, Respondent
Association of American Railroads
Charles Glaston Cole — Steptoe & Johnson, LLP, Amicus
Monroe County Commission
Sarah Elaine Harrington — Goldstein & Russell, P.C., Petitioner
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, et al.