New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad v. United States

Prior to the enactment of Section 13a (1) of the Interstate Commerce Act there was no authority then existing which countenanced abandonment by a carrier of its passenger ferry service between New Jersey and New York. Board of Public Utility Commissioners of New Jersey v. United States, 158 F.Supp. 98 (D.C.N.J.1957). Thereafter the present Section 13a(l) was added to the Interstate Commerce Act, 49 U.S.C.A. § 13a (1) effective August 12, 1958. That specifically gave carriers, subject to the me-’ chanics of the section, the right “to the *867discontinuance or change, in whole or in part, of the…