New Orleans & Gulf Coast Railway Co. v. Barrois

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• recognizing that routine “crossing cases are typically resolved in state courts”
• holding Section 10501(b) did not completely preempt a state law governing landowners’ access across rail lines because local crossing disputes typically do not regulate carriers
• holding Section 10501(b) did not completely preempt a state law governing landowners’ access across rail lines because local crossing disputes typically do not regulate carriers
• holding Section 10501(b) did not completely preempt a state law governing landowners’ access across rail lines because local crossing disputes typically do not regulate carriers
• noting that the court’s role was to determine whether the state statute interfered with railroad operations rather than to determine if the private landowners had properly constructed the railroad crossings at issue
• noting that the court’s role was to determine whether the state statute interfered with railroad operations rather than to determine if the private landowners had properly constructed the railroad crossings at issue

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).