STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 1002-58.

168 F.Supp. 324 (1958)

STATE OF NEW JERSEY and Board of Public Utility Commissioners of the State of New Jersey, Plaintiffs, and County of Bergen, State of New Jersey; County of Rockland, State of New York; the Boroughs of Bergenfield, Bogota, Dumont, Harrington Park, Haworth, Norwood and the Township of Teaneck; and the Citizens United Transit Committee, an unincorporated association, Intervenors, v. The UNITED STATES of America, The Interstate Commerce Commission and The New York Central Railroad Company, Defendants.

United States District Court D. New Jersey.

Judgment Affirmed March 2, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David D. Furman, Atty. Gen. of State of New Jersey, and Howard T. Rosen, Newark, N. J., for plaintiffs.

Roberts & McInnis, Washington, D. C., by William A. Roberts, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-intervenors.

Edward V. Ryan, Newark, N. J., Gerald Dwyer, and Thomas E. Dewey, New York City, for defendant New York Cent. R. Co.

Chester A. Weidenburner, U. S. Atty., Newark, N. J., by Herman Scott, Asst. U. S. Atty., Newark, N. J., and Charles Esherick, New York City, for defendant Dept. of Justice.

Robert W. Ginnane, Washington, D. C., for defendant Interstate Commerce Commission.

Before McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge, and SMITH and WORTENDYKE, District Judges.


Judgment Affirmed March 2, 1959. See 79 S.Ct. 607.

WORTENDYKE, District Judge.

A branch line, commonly known as the West Shore Line of the New York Central Railroad Company (Central) transports commuting passengers by rail and ferry between their homes in Rockland County, New York, and Bergen County, New Jersey, and their places of employment in Greater New York City. The rail line of this branch terminates at Weehawken, New Jersey, which is located on the...

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