Legal Opinion
Association of American Railroads v. United States Department of Transportation
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 2, 2013No. 12-5204PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Circuit Judge:
Imagine a scenario in which Congress has given to General Motors the power to coauthor, alongside the Department of Transportation, regulations that will govern all automobile manufacturers. And, if the two should happen to disagree on what form those regulations will take, then neither will have the ultimate say. Instead, an unspecified arbitrator will make the call. Constitutional? The Department of Transportation seems to think so. 1
Next consider a parallel statutory scheme' — -the one at issue in this case. This time, instead of General Motors, it is Amtrak…
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