Legal Opinion
City of Newton v. Department of Public Utilities
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 3, 1959PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCutter, J.
The city of Newton and Newton Improvement Association seek review under G. L. c. 25, § 5 (as amended through St. 1956, c. 190), 1 of a decision of the department of public utilities (the department) authorizing (a) the abandonment by the Boston and Albany Railroad Company and by its lessee, the New York Central Railroad Company (hereinafter together called the railroads), of several passenger stations, and (b) the discontinuance of certain trains and of stops of other trains. The department and the railroads demurred and answered. A single justice reserved the case without decision upon the…
2Cases cited40 opinions
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- Colorado v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Schaffer Transportation Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Texas v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Lowell Gas Co. v. Department of Public UtilitiesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
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3Cited by41 opinions
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