Ethan Allen, Inc. v. Maine Central Railroad

COFFRIN, District Judge.

On July 3, 1973 the Maine Central Railroad Company (“Maine Central”), a carrier subject to the Interstate Commerce Act (“Act”), 49 U.S.C. § 1, et seq., published an embargo notice ceasing all rail service on its 22.96 mile dead-end line from North Stratford, New Hampshire, to Beecher Falls, Vermont, because of tract structure damage from heavy rains and flooding. The principal victim of this cessation of operations was Maine Central’s sole customer on that line, Ethan Allen, Inc., a furniture manufacturer with a plant in Beecher Falls, Vermont, which was specifically…