Consolidated Rail Corp. v. City of Harrisburg

OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.

The question presented is whether, and to what extent, the jurisdiction vested in the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission to allocate relocation costs for facilities of non-transportation utilities arising from improvements to rail-highway crossings forecloses judicial enforcement of preexisting, private, cost-allocation agreements through subsequent civil proceedings.

This appeal arises from the relocation of a segment of a water line constructed by the City of Harrisburg (the “City”) in 1941 and later transferred to the Harrisburg Authority (the “Authority,” and,…