ERIE-LACKAWANNA RAILROAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES

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

279 F.Supp. 303 (1967)

ERIE-LACKAWANNA RAILROAD COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Defendants. The Delaware & Hudson Railroad Corporation, Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Company, Milton J. Shapp, City of Scranton and Borough of Freedom, and Boston & Maine R. R. Co., Intervening Plaintiffs, Pennsylvania Railroad Company, New York Central Railroad Company, Richard Joyce Smith and William J. Kirk, as Trustees for the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company, Debtor, Intervening 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, Western Maryland Railway Company, Intervening Plaintiff.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

July 3, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cravath, Swaine & Moore, by Thomas D. Barr, and Alexander & Green, Eldon Olson, Harry H. Voigt, John M. Linsenmeyer, New York City, for plaintiff, Erie-Lackawanna R. R.

Nixon, Mudge, Rose, Guthrie, Alexander & Mitchell, by Harry G. Silleck, Jr., New York City, for plaintiff, Delaware & H. R. R.

Arthur Arsham, by Gordon P. McDougall, New York City, for intervening plaintiffs, Milton J. Shapp, City of Scranton and Borough of Freedom.

Gerald E. Dwyer, James B. Gray, J. H. Shapiro, New York City, for intervening defendant, The New York Cent. R. R.

Conboy, Hewitt, O'Brien & Boardman, New York City, for intervening defendant, Pennsylvania R. R., by James B. Gray, Hobert L. Brinsmade, David J. Mountan, Jr., New York City, and Windsor F. Cousins, Philadelphia, Pa.

Howard E. Shapiro, Joel A. Forkosch, William R. Weissman, Washington, D. C., for defendant, United States.

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

Robert M. Peet, New York City, and Sullivan & Worcester, by Joseph Auerbach, Boston, Mass., for trustees of New York, N. H. & H. R. R.

Kelley, Drye, Newhall, Maginnes & Warren, New York City, Frank H. Heiss, New York City, of counsel, Sidley & Austin, by Howard J. Trienens, Chicago, Ill., Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, and Wheeler & Wheeler, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs, Norfolk & W. Ry., Baltimore & O. R. R., and Chesapeake & O. Ry. and intervening plaintiff, Western Maryland Ry.

Richard J. Lally, New York City, Richard B. Wachenfeld, Newark, N. J., and Martin J. Flynn, Washington, D. C., for trustees of the Central R. Co. of New Jersey, plaintiff.

Macklin, Hanan & McKennan, New York City, by William P. Quinn, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff, The Reading Co.

Shea & Gardner, Washington, D. C., for trustees of Property of Central RR. of N. J., debtor.

Walter J. Myskouski, Washington, D. C., for State of New York, intervening defendant.

William J. Lynch, Hartford, Conn., for State of Connecticut, intervening defendant.

Robert M. Morganthau, U. S. Atty. for Southern Dist. of N. Y., Brian J. Gallagher, Asst. U. S. Atty., for the U. S. and the Interstate Commerce Commission.

Migdal, Low, Tenney & Glass, New York City, for New Haven Bondholders Committee.

Hogan & Hartson, Washington, D. C., for Boston and Maine Corp., Edward A. McDermott and James A. Belson, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

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


PER CURIAM.

Memorandum Order

By a supplemental report and order on reconsideration and further hearing in F.D.No. 21989, Pennsylvania Railroad Company—Merger—New York Central Railroad Company, 330 I.C.C. 328, served June 12, 1967, the Interstate Commerce Commission authorized consummation of the merger of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company (PRR) and the New York Central Railroad Company (NYC...

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