United States Ninth Circuit
Avista Corp., Inc. v. Wolfe, 07-35321
A court may not retroactively declare a railroad right of way abandoned under the Abandoned Railway Right of Way Act.
Appellate Information
- Argued 08/11/2008
- Decided 12/11/2008
- Published 12/11/2008
Judges
- THOMAS, Circuit Judge:, Before: ALEX KOZINSKI, Chief Judge, STEPHEN REINHARDT and SIDNEY R. THOMAS, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Christian T. Nygren, Giovanna M. McLaughlin, Milodragovich, Dale, Steinbrenner & Nygren, Missoula, MT, for appellant Avista Corp., Inc.
- For Appellees:
- Gregory G. Schultz, Law Offices of Gregory Schultz, Missoula, MT, for appellees Dorrien H. Wolfe, Diane Larson, Leslie Rickey, Sean M. Stephens, James R. Doyle, Bonnie M. Sharp, Ronald Gene Sharp, Ronald Scott Sharp, and Gregory Stewart Sharp., Robert L. Zimmerman, Thompson Falls, MT, for appellee Sanders County.