Legal Opinion
Riffin v. Surface Transportation Board
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 25, 2013No. 18-1224PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court by Circuit Judge ROGERS.
ROGERS, Circuit Judge:
James Riffin petitions for review of a decision by the Surface Transportation Board (“the Board”) rejecting his application for a certificate authorizing the acquisition and operation of a small length of industrial railroad track because his application refused any obligation to transport “toxic inhalation hazard” products. For the following reasons, we deny the petition for review.
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On September 1, 2011, Riffin and Eric Strohmeyer filed a joint application with the Board pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 10901 to acquire and operate…
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