Legal Opinion
Boston & Maine Railroad v. United States
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided April 28, 1958No. Civ. A. 56-1004PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOODBURY, Circuit Judge.
This is a controversy, in the main between the long-haul trunk line railroads and the short-haul terminal railroads, over the price a railroad ought to pay for the use on its lines of freight cars owned by another railroad.
The question of car hire is not novel. To understand its present aspects a little history will prove helpful.
In the early days of railroading in this country no railroad allowed its freight cars to leave its rails. Through freight to be transported over more than one line was unloaded and reloaded at junction points. With the development of more…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Frozen Food Express v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Palmer v. United StatesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1947
3Cited by14 opinions
- Boston & Maine Railroad v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1961
- Boston and Maine Railroad v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1969
- Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Company v. Long Island Rail Road CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
- 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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