Legal Opinion
O'Connor v. Board of Public Utility Commissioners
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided December 3, 1942PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Parker, J.
The fundamental and decisive question to be answered in this case, is whether the Board of Utility Commissioners is vested by our statutes with power to permit a railroad company organized and operating under the General Railroad Act (R. S. 48:12-1 to 167) to abandon all passenger train service on certain of its lines, while continuing freight operation ther'eon.
The petition of the company (verified in November, 1939, date of filing not stated in the printed book) asked for approval of “discontinuance of all passenger train service” on three…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Petition of Boston Maine RailroadSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1925
3Cited by7 opinions
- Irval Realty v. Bd. of Pub. Util. CommissionersNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1971
- In Re New Jersey & New York Railroad Co.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1952
- Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines v. Board of Public Utility CommissionersSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1950
- Arrow Builders Supply Corp. v. Hudson Terrace Apartments, Inc.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1954
- Collopy v. Newark Eye and Ear InfirmarySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1958
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