WASHINGTON AND OLD DOMINION USERS ASS'N v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 4703-A.

287 F.Supp. 528 (1968)

WASHINGTON AND OLD DOMINION USERS ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. Virginia, Alexandria Division.

Decided July 25, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald J. O'Rourke, Jr., Washington, D. C., E. A. Prichard, Fairfax, Va., for plaintiff.

Donald F. Turner, Asst. Atty. Gen., John H. D. Wigger, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., C. Vernon Spratley, Jr., U. S. Atty., Alexandria, Va., for United States.

Robert W. Ginnane, Gen. Counsel, Nahum Litt, Atty., I.C.C., Washington, D. C., for Interstate Commerce Commission.

Gerald J. O'Rourke, Jr., Glassie & Molloy, Washington, D. C., E. A. Prichard, Bauknight, Prichard, McCandlish & Williams, Fairfax, Va., for The Northern Virginia Transportation Commission, plaintiff-intervenor.

E. Milton Farley, III, James E. Farnham, Hunton, Williams, Gay, Powell & Gibson, Richmond, Va., for Virginia Electric & Power Co., defendant-intervenor.

Edward D. Gasson, Fairfax, Va., for Virginia State Highway Dept., defendant-intervenor.

Benson T. Buck, John W. Hanifin, Lewis S. Minter, Richmond, Va., Hardee Chambliss, Centreville, Va., for Washington & Old Dominion RR., defendant-intervenor.

Before BUTZNER, Circuit Judge, and LEWIS and MERHIGE, District Judges.


BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:

The Washington & Old Dominion Users Association challenges an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission authorizing the Washington & Old Dominion Railroad to abandon its entire line.1 The association summarized its objections as follows:2

"1. The Commission erred in relying upon an incomplete and inaccurate record in determining...

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