Legal Opinion
Meyers v. Famous Realty, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 27, 1959No. 356, Docket 25851PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HINCKS, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs sought to charge the defendants, lessors of certain realty and tracks used by the Jay Street Connecting Railroad in its operations, with the duty of operating that railroad’s line (which the I. C. C. has authorized the Railroad, as lessee, to abandon on condition) 1 until the defendants are also authorized to abandon or until they lease the property to the plaintiffs. The action was brought under 49 U.S.C.A. § 1(18) and (20).2 The court below granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss, a ruling which, for the reasons hereinafter stated, we think correct.
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2Cases cited17 opinions
- Lambert Run Coal Co. v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Thompson v. Texas Mexican Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Texas & Pac. Ry. v. Gulf, Etc., Ry.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Smith v. Hoboken Railroad, Warehouse & Steamship Connecting Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Tampa Phosphate Railroad Company v. Seaboard Coast Line Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Wisconsin Central Ltd. v. Surface Transportation Board and United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
- Meyers v. Famous Realty, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1959
- Tampa Phosphate Railroad Company v. Seaboard Coast Line Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970