Talk:Missouri, Kansas, & Texas Railway Co. of Texas v. May

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A fact from Missouri, Kansas, & Texas Railway Co. of Texas v. May appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 19 May 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad lost its appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court over a $25 penalty it had been ordered to pay to a farmer?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2009/May.

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Followup section[edit]

An enlightening followup section recommendation for future Wikipedia editors: How much did the MKT, and other railroads operating in Texas, end up paying for letting all these weeds run wild? What mitigation measures did they take - did they try pulling them all over the years, or did they spray pesticides along all their Texas track? Or did they convince the legislature to change the law? Tempshill (talk) 23:36, 11 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Also, Clay May had no lawyer. It would be a very interesting addition to the article to find out who wrote the brief on his behalf, if there was one - or did he just take the train (the MKT, one would hope) to Washington, show up at the SCOTUS, and argue his case in front of the justices in person? Jimmy Stewart would have hoped so. Tempshill (talk) 17:37, 15 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

why "sic?"[edit]

what's wrong with "Missouri, Kansas, & Texas Railway Company" that it gets a "sic" in it? Are cases usually styled with "and" instead of "&" ? 75.87.138.107 (talk) 11:18, 21 November 2010 (UTC) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:NE2 put it there[reply]