ERIE-LACKAWANNA RAILROAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 66 Civ. 2860, 66 Civ. 2903, 66 Civ. 2914.

259 F.Supp. 964 (1966)

ERIE-LACKAWANNA RAILROAD COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Defendants. The BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY, the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, Norfolk and Western Railway Company, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant. The CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY and Reading Company, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

Appeal Dismissed in Part December 29, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward W. Bourne, J. Kenneth Campbell and John T. Rafferty, New York City (Alexander & Green, New York City), for plaintiff Erie-Lackawanna Railroad Co.

Howard J. Trienens, Chicago, Ill., and Edward K. Wheeler, Washington, D. C. (Kelley, Drye, Newhall, Maginnes & Warren, New York City), for plaintiffs Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co., The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co., and Norfolk and Western Railway Co.

William P. Quinn (Thomas E. Tisza, New York City), for plaintiffs Central Railroad Co. of New Jersey and Reading Co.

Harry G. Silleck, Jr., New York City (Nixon, Mudge, Rose, Guthrie & Alexander, New York City), for intervening plaintiff Delaware & Hudson Railroad Corp.

Francis P. Bensel, New York City and James H. Durkin, Chicago Heights, Ill. (Martin, Clearwater & Bell, New York City), for intervening plaintiff Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Co.

Norman C. Melvin, Baltimore, Md. (Thomas E. Tisza, New York City), for intervening plaintiff Western Maryland Railway Co.

Edward A. McDermott, Francis Casey, Jr., Washington, D. C., and Richard C. Casey, Washington, D. C. (Hogan & Hortison, Washington, D. C.), for intervening plaintiff Boston & Maine Railroad Co.

Gordon P. MacDougall, Washington, D. C. (Arthur Arsham, New York City), for intervening plaintiff Milton J. Shapp.

Arthur Arsham, New York City, for intervening plaintiffs Borough of Freedom and City of Scranton.

Robert M. Morgenthau, U. S. Atty., for the S. D. of New York, for defendant, the United States.

Robert W. Ginnane, Gen. Counsel, for defendant, the Interstate Commerce Commission.

Edward F. Butler, New York City, Windsor F. Cousins and Richard R. Bongartz, Philadelphia, Pa. (Conboy, Hewitt, O'Brief & Boardman, New York City), for intervening defendant Pennsylvania Railroad Co.

James B. Gray and Jerome H. Shapiro, New York City (Gerald E. Dwyer, New York City), for intervening defendant New York Central Railroad Co.

Joseph Auerbach, Arthur Blasberg, Jr., Robert G. Bleakney, Jr., Boston, Mass., Robert M. Peet, New York City, James Wm. Moore, and Robert W. Blanchette, New Haven, Conn. (Sullivan & Worcester, Boston, Mass.), for intervening defendants Richard Joyce Smith and William J. Kirk, as Trustees for New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co.

David Berman, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Edward Brooke, Atty. Gen), for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, intervening defendant.

J. Lee Rankin, Corp. Counsel, for intervenor City of New York, by Norman Redlich and Samuel Mandell.

Walter J. Myskowski (Asst. Atty. Gen., Charles A. LaTorella, Jr.), for intervening defendant, State of New York.

Herbert Smolen, Philadelphia, Pa. (Edward G. Bauer, Jr., City Sol.), for intervening defendant, the City of Philadelphia.

Donald L. Wallace, New York City (Clark, Carr & Ellis, New York City), for intervening defendants Chambers of Commerce of Greater Philadelphia & Pittsburgh.

Robert M. Schacht, Asst. Atty. Gen. (J. Joseph Nugent, Atty. Gen.), for intervening defendant, the State of Rhode Island.

Samuel Kanell, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen. (Harold M. Mulvey, Atty. Gen.), for intervening defendant, the State of Connecticut.

Howard Lionel Toft, Newark, N. J., for intervening defendant, the City of Jersey City.

Before FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge, and WEINFELD and LEVET, District Judges.


Appeal Dismissed in Part December 29, 1966. See 87 S.Ct. 612.

FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge:

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