Legal Opinion
REA Express, Inc. v. Alabama Great Southern Railroad Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 5, 1972No. 71 Civ. 4278PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
METZNER, District Judge:
Defendants Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co., Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co. and Western Maryland Railway Co. move pursuant to Rule 12(b) (1), Fed. R.Civ.P., to dismiss the complaint on the ground that the court lacks jurisdiction over the subject matter. The moving defendants assert that plaintiff’s complaint constitutes an attack upon the validity of existing orders of the Interstate Commerce Commission, which must be brought before a three-judge court pursuant to the Urgent Deficiencies Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2321-2325.
Plaintiff REA Express is a Delaware corporation with…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Venner v. Michigan Central RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- B. F. Goodrich Co. v. Northwest Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Assure Competitive Transportation, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980
- Pacific Fruit Express Co. v. Akron, Canton & Youngstown RailroadDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1973
- Rea Express, Inc. v. Alabama Great Southern RailroadDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1976
- Rea Express, Inc., Bankrupt, L. Orvis Sowerwine, Trustee in Bankruptcy v. United States of America and Interstate Commerce CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- REA Express, Inc. v. Interway Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1976
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