Legal Opinion
Interstate Commerce Commission v. Memphis Union Station Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 31, 1966No. Nos. 16466-16471PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARDS, Circuit Judge.
The Interstate Commerce Commission filed these complaints in the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. The complaints sought injunctions to restrain five railroads 1 and the Memphis Union Station Company from abandoning operations at the Memphis Union Station without prior ICC approval of both the abandonment and the railroads' alternate arrangements.
Prior to the commencement of these actions, the railroads in question (in the face of an ICC warning) had actually abandoned service to the Union Station and each of the operating railroads had…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Udall v. TallmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Dayton-Goose Creek Railway Co. v. United States, Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Texas & Pac. Ry. v. Gulf, Etc., Ry.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Piedmont & Northern Railway Co. v. Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
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3Cited by3 opinions
- The Colorado & Wyoming Railway Company v. The Colorado and Southern Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1972
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Memphis Union Station CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1966
- The Colorado & Wyoming Railway Company v. The Colorado and Southern Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1972