Legal Opinion
Town of Wilmington v. Department of Public Utilities
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 5, 1961PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCutter, J.
This is an appeal by the town under G. L. c. 25, § 5, as amended through St. 1956, c. 190, from a decision of the Department of Public Utilities. That decision approved with minor modifications the Boston and Maine Railroad’s discontinuance of certain intrastate passenger service. The decision also approved certain other service adjustments. Demurrers of the railroad and the department were overruled. See Wilmington v. Department of Pub. Util. 340 Mass. 432, 439. The case was later reserved by a single justice, without decision on the merits, upon the petition, answers, and stipulated…
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- State of New Jersey v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1959
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