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LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 69-C-549.

307 F.Supp. 988 (1969)

The LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Defendants, and American Paper Institute, Inc., Georgia Pacific Corporation, National Industrial Traffic League, and U. S. Plywood-Champion Papers, Inc., Intervening Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. New York.

November 13, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George M. Onken, Richard H. Stokes, Long Island Rail Road, Jamaica, N. Y., for plaintiff.

Richard W. McLaren, Asst. Atty. Gen., John H. D. Wigger, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Edward R. Neaher, U. S. Atty., E.D.N.Y., Brooklyn, N. Y., for the United States, by Jerome E. Sharfman, Washington, D. C.

Jerome E. Sharfman, Washington, D. C., for I.C.C.

John M. Cleary, Donelan, Cleary & Caldwell, Washington, D. C., for American Paper Institute, Inc.

Duane A. Bartsch, Smart & Bartsch, Portland, Or., for Georgia-Pacific Corp. and U. S. Plywood-Champion Papers, Inc.

John H. Caldwell, Donelan, Cleary & Caldwell, Washington, D. C., for National Industrial Traffic League.

Before HAYS, Circuit Judge, and BARTELS and TRAVIA, District Judges.

TRAVIA, District Judge.

For the purpose of maximum utilization of boxcar equipment incentive rates were offered by the Long Island Rail Road as a result of which shippers frequently load boxcars so that one door of the car is blocked. From a practical standpoint, unloading at the point of destination must be accomplished through the same door as is used for loading. If the car arrives with the "open door" side facing the consignee's platform, no turning of the car...

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