Legal Opinion
Interstate Commerce Commission v. Memphis Union Station Co.
District Court, W.D. Tennessee
Decided June 12, 1964No. Civ. A. No. 5192PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAILEY BROWN, District Judge.
This is an action filed by the Interstate Commerce Commission (I.C.C.) against several railroads and a railroad passenger terminal operating company seeking an injunction requiring three of these railroads to continue to use this abandoned terminal and to cease using certain other passenger terminals. The City of Memphis (City) and the Railway Labor Executives’ Association (Labor Association) have intervened as additional plaintiffs.
Plaintiffs rely on 49 U.S.C. § 1(18) which, in general, requires a certificate of public convenience and necessity before a line of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Texas & Pac. Ry. v. Gulf, Etc., Ry.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Piedmont & Northern Railway Co. v. Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Smith v. Hoboken Railroad, Warehouse & Steamship Connecting Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Railroad Commission of California v. Southern Pacific Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1924
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Memphis Union Station Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1966
- Brown v. Consolidated Rail Corp.District Court, N.D. Ohio · 1976
- Tenneco, Inc. v. Central New York RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Memphis Union Station CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1966