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SUPREME COURT OF WISCONSIN
Case No.:                                                            95-0070
Complete Title
of Case:
State of  Wisconsin,
Plaintiff-Respondent-Petitioner,
v.
Wisconsin Central  Transportation Corporation,
Defendant,
Wisconsin Central  Ltd., and Fox Valley &
Western  Ltd.,
Defendants-Third  Party  Plaintiffs-
Appellants,
v.
James E.  Doyle, Attorney  General of the State of
Wisconsin and  State of Wisconsin Department of
Justice,
Third  Party Defendants.
ON REVIEW OF  A DECISION OF THE  COURT OF APPEALS
Reported  at:                                                        200  Wis.  2d  450,  546  N.W.2d  206
(Ct. App.  1996)
PUBLISHED
Opinion Filed:                                                       May  2,  1997
Submitted on Briefs:
Oral Argument:                                                       March  4,  1997
Source of APPEAL
COURT:                                                               Circuit
COUNTY:                                                              Fond du  Lac
JUDGE:                                                               Steven W. Weinke
JUSTICES:
Concurred:
Dissented:
Not Participating:                                                   Bablitch, J.,  w/drew from  participation.
ATTORNEYS:                                                           For the  plaintiff-respondent-petitioner the cause
was argued by  Thomas L. Dosch,  assistant attorney general,  with




whom on  the briefs Susan  K. Ullman, assistant attorney general,
and James E.  Doyle, attorney general.
For the  defendants-third  party  plaintiffs-
appellants there  was a brief by Jon P. Axelrod,  Joseph A. Ranney
and DeWitt Ross &  Stevens, S.C., Madison and Janet  Gilbert,
general  counsel and Wisconsin  Central Ltd.  And  Fox  Valley &
Western  Ltd.,  Rosemont, IL and  oral argument by  Jon  P. Axelrod.
Amicus curiae  brief was filed  by Patrick J.
Nugent,  and Canadian Pacific Legal  Services, Minneapolis, MN for
the Sool  Line  Railroad Company.
Amicus curiae  brief was filed  by Patrick K.
Stevens  and WI Manufacturer and Commerce,  Madison and Richard M.
Esenberg  and  Foley & Lardner,  Milwaukee for the  Wisconsin
Manufacturers  and  Commerce.
Amicus curiae  brief was filed  by Marilyn
Townsend, Madison  for the  United Transportation  Union.




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NOTICE
This opinion is subject to further editing
and  modification.    The  final  version will
appear in the bound volume of the official
reports.
No.  95-0070
STATE  OF  WISCONSIN                                                          :                                                                   IN  SUPREME  COURT
State  of  Wisconsin,
Plaintiff-Respondent-Petitioner,                                              FILED
v.
MAY  2,  1997
Wisconsin  Central  Transportation
Marilyn L. Graves
Corporation,                                                                  Clerk of Supreme Court
Madison, WI
Defendant,
Wisconsin  Central  Ltd.,  and  Fox
Valley  &  Western  Ltd.,
Defendants-Third  Party
Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
James  E.  Doyle,  Attorney  General  of
the  State  of  Wisconsin  and  the  State
of  Wisconsin  Department  of  Justice,
Third  Party  Defendants.
REVIEW  of  a  published  decision  of  the  Court  of  Appeals1
reversing  the  order  of  the  Circuit  Court  for  Fond  du  Lac  County,
Steven  W.  Weinke,  Judge.    Affirmed.
¶1    PER  CURIAM.      The  court  is  equally  divided  on  whether
to  affirm  or  reverse  the  decision  of  the  court  of  appeals.
Justice  Donald  W.  Steinmetz,  Justice  Jon  P.  Wilcox  and  Justice
1                                                                             State  v.  Wisconsin  Central  Transp.  Corp.,  200  Wis.2d  450,
546  N.W.2d  206  (Ct.  App.  1996).
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Janine   P.   Geske   would   affirm;   Chief   Justice   Shirley   S.
Abrahamson,  Justice  Ann  Walsh  Bradley  and  Justice  N.  Patrick
Crooks  would  reverse.    Justice  William  A.  Bablitch  withdrew  from
participation.
¶2    Accordingly,  the  decision  of  the  court  of  appeals  is
affirmed.
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