Washington State Dep't of Game v. Interstate Commerce Comm'n

ELR Citation: ELR 20234
No(s). 86-7346 (9th Cir. Oct 6, 1987)

The court holds that the Interstate Commerce Commission permissibly interpreted §208 of the National Trails System Act Amendments of 1983 as conditioning rail-to-trail conversions on the negotiation of voluntary agreements between abandoning railroads and prospective interim trail users. The statut...