Legal Opinion
Consolidated Rail Corp. v. Delaware & Hudson Railway Co.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided November 18, 1994No. 1:93-cr-00416PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum Opinion
URBINA, District Judge.
I. BACKGROUND ON THE USRA, CONRAIL AND THE 3R ACT
Congress enacted the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 (“3R Act”) 1 in response to the transportation crisis precipitated by the bankruptcies of major railroads in the Northeast and Midwest. The 3R Act charged the United States Railway Association (“USRA”), a federally chartered government corporation, with the primary responsibility to develop and implement a “Final System Plan” (“FSP”) to preserve rail services previously provided by the bankrupt railroads. 2 After determining which routes of…
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