Legal Opinion
Southern Pacific Transportation Company v. Interstate Commerce Commission United States of America, County of El Dorado, Respondent-Intervenor
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 29, 1989No. 88-7009PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES R. BROWNING, Circuit Judge:
The Interstate Commerce Commission rejected Southern Pacific’s application to abandon its 38.573-mile Placerville Branch serving El Dorado County, California, near Lake Tahoe, essentially on the ground that abandonment would be premature. Southern Pacific petitions for review pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 2321(a) and 2342(5). We deny the petition.
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Southern Pacific claimed that present and estimated future traffic levels did not justify continued operation of the Placer-ville Branch. The railroad reported that a steady decline in the lumber industry and the loss of…
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