Legal Opinion
Jennings v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 14, 1940No. Appeal, 45PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Keller, P. J.,
Prior to September 23, 1937, the Wilkes-Barre & Eastern Railroad Company, a Pennsylvania corporation, operated about sixty-two miles of railroad, running from Stroudsburg, Pa. to Plains, Pa. On that date it filed an application with the Interstate Commerce Commission and another with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, for permission to abandon the part of its line between Stroudsburg and Suscon, Pa.—a distance of about fifty-four miles.
On September 25, 1937, Wilkes-Barre & Eastern filed in the United States District Court for the Middle District of…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Palmer v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Foust v. Munson Steamship LinesSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Warren v. PalmerSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Day v. Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1933
- West Penn Railways Co. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
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3Cited by12 opinions
- West Penn Power Co. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
- Lacy v. East Broad Top Railroad & Coal Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
- Gutensohn v. Kansas City Southern Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1944
- West Penn Railways Co. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
- Allegheny County Port Authority v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
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