Legal Opinion
Commonwealth of Pa. v. Penn Central Transp. Co.
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided September 18, 1972No. Civ. A. 72-427PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MUIR, District Judge.
Tropical Storm Agnes struck Pennsylvania in late June, 1972, and created unprecedented floods and destruction. The damage was particularly severe in the Wilkes-Barre area.
This suit by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and its Public Utility Commission seeks a mandatory injunction to require the Penn Central Transportation Company to restore two of its lines which were badly damaged by the storm. The branches which are the subject of this suit are the so-called Wilkes-Barre branch between Sunbury and Wilkes-Barre and the so-called Northern Central branch between…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Myers v. Arkansas & Ozarks Railway CorporationDistrict Court, W.D. Arkansas · 1960
- Asbury v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.District Court, District of Columbia · 1967
- In Re Penn Central Transportation Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
- Meyers v. Jay Street Connecting RailroadCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958
- In re Penn Central Transportation Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1971
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Baltimore & Annapolis RailroadDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1975
- In re Chicago, MilwauKee, St. Paul & Pacific RailroadCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
- Bankr. L. Rep. P 67,264 in the Matter of Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company, Debtor, Consolidated Appeals Of: Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago, as Indenture Trustee Harris Trust and Savings Bank, as Indenture Trustee the First National Bank of Chicago, as Indenture Trustee and Girard Bank, as Indenture Trustee, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company, as Debtor, and Chicago Milwaukee Corporation, as Shareholder, Stanley E. G. Hillman, as TrusteeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1980
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Baltimore & Annapolis RailroadDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1974
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