Legal Opinion
Friends of Sierra Railroad, Inc. And Tuolumne Park and Recreation District v. Interstate Commerce Commission United States of America
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 31, 1989No. 87-7407PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Circuit Judge:
Friends of Sierra Railroad, Inc. (Friends) petitions for review of the refusal of the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to reopen a class exemption granted to the Sierra Railroad (Sierra) which permitted Sierra to abandon a one-mile segment of its rail line. Friends argued that the ICC granted the exemption through an invalid procedure, and that even under that procedure Sierra’s exemption was void. Friends sought through reopening first to require the ICC to conduct an environmental and historic preservation review of the abandonment, and second to secure an option…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Pittston Coal Group v. SebbenSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- United States v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
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3Cited by29 opinions
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