Legal Opinion
Monongahela Connecting Railroad v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided April 18, 1966No. Civ. A. No. 65-1102PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUMBAULD, District Judge:
Plaintiff, a short-line industrial railroad, sues to restrain enforcement of an order of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (hereinafter referred to as P.U.C.) requiring the use of airbrakes on certain train movements via the 29th Street bridge across the Monongahela River in Pittsburgh. A three-judge court was requested, but Chief Judge Harry E. Kalodner of the Third Circuit concluded that such a tribunal was not appropriate. The order of October 25, 1965, to that effect was corroborated by the order of December 2, 1965, following confirmation of his judgment…
2Cases cited35 opinions
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- Monongahela Connecting Railroad v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1967
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