Legal Opinion
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 3, 1991No. 1708 C.D. 1990 and 1721 C.D. 1990PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PELLEGRINI, Judge.
This is a consolidated appeal from an order of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC), finding that the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) and the City of Philadelphia (City) have certain maintenance responsibilities for the Woodland Avenue Bridge (Bridge), which is part of a separated rail-highway crossing. The Bridge carries Woodland Avenue, a City street, and SEPTA’s facilities over and above two sets of SEPTA’s electrified railroad tracks which are part of its Media/West Chester commuter rail line.
In 1987, the PUC, prompted by other…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Commonwealth ex rel. Goodfellow v. RundleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
- Philadelphia v. Philadelphia Transportation Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
- Pittsburgh Railways Co. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
- National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. The City of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1989
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