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Congress of Railway Unions v. United States

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided March 5, 1974No. Civ. A. No. 1541-73Published

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

2Per curiam

The Congress of Railway Unions, an association of six affiliated union organizations, filed a complaint heard by this three-judge Court challenging a decision of the Interstate Commerce Commission concerning the operation of rail traffic through the crowded St. Louis Gateway terminal.1 Various interested and affected parties were permitted to intervene.2 The Commission approved an agreement between the St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company (“Cotton Belt”) and the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company (“MoPac”) whereby Cotton Belt would purchase fifty percent of the stock in…

3Cases cited6 opinions

  1. McLean Trucking Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  2. Penn-Central Merger & N & W Inclusion CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. United States v. ICCSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  4. Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  5. International Ass'n of Machinists & Aerospace Workers v. Northeast Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1972

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