Legal Opinion
Penn-Central Merger & N & W Inclusion Cases
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 4, 1967No. 433PublishedCited by 130 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Fortas
These cases again bring before us problems arising from the program to merge the Pennsylvania and New York Central railroads and related problems proceeding from an Interstate Commerce Commission order that certain railroads be included in the Norfolk & Western (N & W) system. The merger and the inclusion orders are part of a vast reorganization of rail transportation implementing the congressional policy of encouraging consolidation of the Nation’s railroads into a “limited number of systems.” Section 407 of the Transportation Act of 1920, amending § 5 (4) of the Interstate Commerce Act, 41…
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