National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. The City of New York

MESKILL, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from an order entered in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Conner, J., granting summary judgment to defendant-appellee, the City of New York. The district court’s decision is reported at 695 F.Supp. 1570 (S.D.N.Y.1988). Plaintiff-appellant National Railroad Passenger Corp. (Amtrak), a federally subsidized corporation, filed a complaint in the district court requesting a declaration that it is exempt from the payment to the City of money due under two contracts (or “certificates”) dating from the early twentieth…