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27 July 2009

DM&E Lawsuit Headed for Mediation

In an effort to settle the case, attorneys for the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad and several Wyoming landowners have met in mediation for a lawsuit on whether the railroad can use eminent domain, local media report. The Sioux Falls-based rail line wants to invest an estimated $6 billion to add and improve tracks in Wyoming, South Dakota, and Minnesota so it can ship coal from Wyoming's Powder River Basin.
 
In a federal court filing, it says the project is going forth but at a slower pace because of the economy.
 
DM&E, now part of Canadian Pacific Railway, wants to condemn more than 1,400 acres in Wyoming so it can access the coal-mining district, but the landowners are fighting it.
 
 
   
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