Legal Opinion
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. United States
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 10, 1973No. Civ. A. No. 72-837Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SCALERA, District Judge.
This action seeks to set aside a certificate and order of the Interstate Commerce Commission (I.C.C.) dated June 13, 1972, which authorizes the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company (B & 0) and the Indian Creek Valley Railroad Company to abandon a 17.57 mile branch rail line located in Fayette and Westmoreland Counties, Pennsylvania.
HISTORY OF THE CASE
On December 9, 1971, the B & 0 and its wholly-owned subsidiary, the Indian Creek Valley Railroad Company, filed a joint application with the I.C.C. under 49 U.S.C. § 1 (18-20) of the Interstate Commerce Act. The…
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