Aberdeen & Rockfish Railroad v. Students Challenging Regulatory Agency Procedures

Mr. Chief Justice Burger, Circuit Justice.

These applications request me, as Circuit Justice for the District of Columbia Circuit, to stay a preliminary injunction entered by a three-judge United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The applicants are the Interstate Commerce Commission and a long list of railroad companies composing most of the rail transport in the Nation. Opposing the applications are the plaintiffs below, Students Challenging Regula tory Agency Procedures, who describe themselves as “SCRAP,” 1 and a coalition of organizations dedicated to the protection of…