Legal Opinion
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 1, 1961No. 681PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Warren
The dispute in this ease commenced when the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co. and the Erie *170Railroad Co. filed a joint application for approval by the Interstate Commerce Commission of a proposed merger, the surviving company to be known as the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad Co. Supervision by the Commission of railroad mergers is required by § 5 (2) of the Interstate Commerce Act, 54 Stat. 905, 49 U. S. C. § 5 (2), and the statute directs the Commission to authorize such transactions as it finds will be “consistent with the public interest.” The Commission concluded in this case that the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Order of Railroad Telegraphers v. Chicago & North Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. PottorffSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- United States v. LowdenSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- St. Joe Paper Co. v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- County of Marin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
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3Cited by58 opinions
- New York Dock Railway and Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
- Norfolk & Western Railroad v. NemitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, an Unincorporated Association v. Chicago and North Western Railway Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1963
- Richard Nemitz v. Norfolk and Western Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1971
- Erie-Lackawanna Railroad Company v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1967
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