Legal Opinion
Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 25, 1980No. 110 and 111PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROBERTS, Justice.
This case involves a challenge to the validity of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) regulation which requires that locomotives operating in the Commonwealth be equipped with devices which sanitarily dispose of human waste material. 1 The PUC, after a hearing, found that appellee Norfolk and Western Railway Company (N&W) was in violation of this requirement, and ordered appellee to cease operation of its locomotives until compliance is achieved. On appeal a three-judge panel of the Commonwealth Court reversed the PUC order, holding that the…
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