STATE v. WISCONSIN CENTRAL TRANSP. CORP

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.