Legal Opinion
Southern Railway Co. v. North Carolina
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 17, 1964No. 74PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stewart
In 1959 the appellant Southern Railway Company filed a petition with the North Carolina Utilities Commission for an order permitting it to discontinue operation of two intrastate passenger trains between Greensboro and Goldsboro, North Carolina, a distance of about 130 miles. The trains in question are No. 16, which operates eastbound in the morning from Greensboro to Goldsboro, and No. 13, consisting of the same equipment, which operates westbound in the late afternoon. Since 1958 these two trains have provided the last remaining railway passenger service between the two communities. The…
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- State Ex Rel. Utilities Commission v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1961
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