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Parties Involved:
Albemarle Corporation
Counter Defendant
Louisiana and Northwest Railroad Company
Counter Claimant

Document Text:

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

EL DORADO DIVISION

ALBEMARLE CORPORATION PLAINTIFF

 

 

VS. Case No. 06-CV-1002

LOUISIANA AND NORTHWEST 

RAILROAD COMPANY DEFENDANT 

 

ORDER

Three motions are before the Court: (1) LNW’s Motion to

Dissolve or Modify Temporary Restraining Order (Doc. 3); (2)

Albemarle’s Motion to Sever and Remand (Doc. 7); and (3)

Albemarle’s Motion to Transfer Case to the Surface Transportation

Board (STB)(Doc. 9). A hearing was conducted relative to these

motions on January 19, 2006. The Court finds these motions ripe

for consideration. Upon consideration the Court finds the Motion

to Dissolve or Modify Temporary Restraining Order (Doc. 3) should

be and hereby is granted in part and denied in part; Albemarle’s

Motion to Sever and Remand (Doc. 7) should be and hereby is

denied; and (3) Albemarle’s Motion to Transfer Case to the

Surface and Transportation Board (STB)(Doc. 9) should be and

hereby is granted. Based on the arguments as presented by the

parties in their briefs and motions and the record before the

Court, the Court hereby makes the following orders:

IT IS ORDERED that the temporary restraining order entered 

by the Circuit Court of Columbia County, Arkansas, be modified to

become a preliminary injunction, which will be separately entered

in and consistent with the Court’s Findings of Fact and

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Conclusions of Law of even date;

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the issues of the reasonableness

of LNW’s rates and charges under the tariffs and of LNW’s

practices in applying these rates and charges are referred to the

Surface Transportation Board (STB);

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the remainder of this lawsuit is

hereby administratively stayed pending the STB’s resolution of

the referred dispute;

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the attorneys for LNW and

Albemarle file with the Court a status report of the proceedings

before the STB, such status report filing to commence within

ninety (90) days from the date of entry of this order, and

continuing for successive ninety-day intervals until further

order of this Court.

IT IS SO ORDERED this 23rd day of January, 2006.

 /s/ Harry F. Barnes 

Hon. Harry F. Barnes

U.S. District Judge 

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