Legal Opinion
Decker v. CSX Transportation, Inc.
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided May 26, 1988No. CIV-87-1147C, CIV-87-1391CPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CURTIN, Chief Judge.
This case presents an important question, still unsettled by prior precedent, as to the interaction of two federal statutes: the Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C. §§ 151-188 [RLA], and the Interstate Commerce Act, 49 U.S.C. §§ 10101-11917 [ICA]. The issue arises in the context of the pending sale by CSX Transportation, Inc. [CSXT], plaintiff in this action for injunctive and declaratory relief, of a line of railroad between Buffalo, New York, and Eidenau, Pennsylvania, to the Buffalo and Pittsburgh Railroad, Inc. [B & P], a newly formed corporation. Specifically, the question…
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