Legal Opinion
Potomac Passengers Association v. Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, a Corporation
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 25, 1975No. 73-2015PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILKEY, Circuit Judge:
On 27 April 1971 Potomac Passengers Association (“Association”) filed suit in the District Court against the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company (“C & O/B & O”) to enjoin the discontinuance of nine passenger trains providing service between Cumberland, Maryland and Washington, D. C. The suit was characterized as one for violation of the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970 (“Amtrak Act”).1 The District Court held the Association had no standing to sue under section 307 of the Act2 and dismissed the complaint.3
On appeal this court…
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