Legal Opinion

J. M. Asbury T/A Asbury Coal Co. v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided April 21, 1970No. Civ. A. No. 2043-65PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

CORCORAN, District Judge.

I

This action was commenced by the plaintiff J. M. Asbury, t/a Asbury Coal Company (“Asbury”) by petition for an injunction to restrain the abandonment by the defendant Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. (“C&O”) of certain railroad facilities without first having secured the approval of the Interstate Commerce Commission (“Commission”).

The complaint was subsequently amended to include a claim for damages. Injunctive relief having been denied, Asbury v. Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co., 264 F.Supp. 437 (D.D.C.1967), it is only that claim for damages which is…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. J. I. Case Co. v. BorakSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Pennsylvania Railroad v. Puritan Coal Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1915
  3. Powell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
  4. Pennsylvania Railroad v. Sonman Shaft Coal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1916
  5. Eastern R. Co. of NM v. LittlefieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1915

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Interstate Commerce Commission v. Baltimore & Annapolis RailroadDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1975
  2. Ethan Allen, Inc. v. Maine Central RailroadDistrict Court, D. Vermont · 1977
  3. Chicago & North Western Railway Co. v. Union Packing Co.District Court, D. Nebraska · 1974
  4. General Foods Corp. v. BakerDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1978

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