Legal Opinion

Horn & Hardart Company v. National Rail Passenger Corporation

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided April 8, 1988No. 87-7087PublishedCited by 63 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge WALD.

WALD, Chief Judge:

Appellant Horn & Hardart Company (Horn & Hardart) seeks review of a district court decision granting a motion by appel-lee National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) for “further relief” under the Declaratory Judgment Act. 1 Specifically, the district court enforced liquidated-damages and cost-on-default contract provisions against Horn & Hardart, the lessee of restaurant space in Amtrak’s Pennsylvania Station in New York City. 2

Horn & Hardart, a Nevada corporation involved in the food services industry, entered into…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Powell v. McCormackSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Griggs v. Provident Consumer Discount Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Kaspar Wire Works, Inc. v. Leco Engineering and MacHine Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
  4. Overnite Transportation Co. v. Chicago Industrial Tire Co., Appeal of Themis N. Anastos and Paul E. PeldyakCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
  5. Security Mutual Casualty Company v. Century Casualty CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1980

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3Cited by63 opinions

  1. Gnb Battery Technologies, Incorporated, Formerly Known as Gnb, Incorporated and Gnb Industrial Battery Company v. Gould, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
  2. Duane Reade, Inc. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2010
  3. United Teacher Associates Insurance Co. v. Union Labor Life Insurance Company, Union Standard of America Life Insurance Co., United Teacher Associates Insurance Co., Plaintiff-Counter v. Union Labor Life Insurance Company, Union Standard of America Life Insurance Co., Defendants-Counter Claimants-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2005
  4. United States Information Agency v. Jan KrcCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1990
  5. Harborside Refrigerated Services, Inc. v. Howard Vogel Edward BenensonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992

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