Legal Opinion
Cheney Railroad Company, Inc. v. Railroad Retirement Board, Tyson Railroad, Inc. v. Railroad Retirement Board
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 24, 1995No. 93-1621, 93-1636PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge ROGERS.
ROGERS, Circuit Judge:
The issue in these appeals is whether feeder railroads that are exempt from most of the requirements of the Interstate Commerce Act remain subject to the Railroad Retirement Act (“RRA”) and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (“RUIA”). Two feeder railroads, petitioners Cheney Railroad Company, Inc. and Tyson Railroad, Inc., challenge the decision of the Railroad Retirement Board that they were “employers” under the RRA and the RUIA and therefore subject to the requirements of those two statutes. Petitioners maintain…
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