Legal Opinion
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided July 9, 1961PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RYAN, Chief Judge.
In these 109 suits, which have been consolidated by the Court for all purposes, similarly situated railroad plaintiffs seek to recover from railroad defendants The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company and Boston & Maine Railroad per diem rental rates for the use by defendants of plaintiffs’ freight cars at a rate of $2.40 from August 1, 1953 to December 31, 1956 and at a rate of $2.75 from then to date.
Plaintiffs have moved for summary judgment and to strike defendants’ Fourth Affirmative Defense and Third Counterclaim as being insufficient in law and on the…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Cromwell v. County of SacSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference v. Noerr Motor Freight, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1961
- United States v. Western Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Lawlor v. National Screen Service Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Sunshine Anthracite Coal Co. v. AdkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Continental Can Co., U. S. A. v. MarshallCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
- Pacific Fruit Express Co. v. Akron, Canton & Youngstown RailroadDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1973
- State v. New York Movers Tariff Bureau, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1965
- Boston and Maine Railroad v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1969
- In Re Boston and Maine Corporation, Debtor, Appeal of Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, in Re Boston and Maine Corporation, Debtor, Appeal of Maine Central Railroad Company, in Re Boston and Maine Corporation, Debtor, Appeal of Penn Central Corporation, in Re Boston and Maine Corporation, Debtor, Appeal of Canadian Pacific, in Re Boston and Maine Corporation, Debtor, Appeal of Eastern Associated Coal CorporationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1980
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