SIOUX FALLS, SD – A Nov. 17 hearing is scheduled in the continuing dispute over whether former Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad President Kevin Schieffer can arbitrate a severance package with his former employer. U.S. District Judge Roberto Lange ruled in June 2010 that the federal courts don’t have jurisdiction and he granted Schieffer’s request to dismiss the lawsuit. But the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned that ruling last month and sent it back to Lange because some issues weren’t considered. Schieffer left as DM&E’s president after Canadian Pacific Railway bought the company. In 2010, he demanded arbitration over what he said was a $4 million miscalculation in his severance package. The DM&E said the demands were unreasonable and it sued him to force the dispute in federal court.© 2011 Associated Press. All rights reserved.