PUBLIC OF STATE OF INDIANA v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 70 F 4.

325 F.Supp. 1223 (1971)

PUBLIC OF the STATE OF INDIANA, Illinois Commerce Commission, City of Garrett, Potomac Passengers Association and J. R. McNeal, Plaintiffs, City of Chicago, Intervening Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Interstate Commerce Commission and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Indiana, Fort Wayne Division,

January 18, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. McLaren, Asst. Atty. Gen., William C. Lee, U. S. Atty., Fort Wayne, Ind., John H. D. Wigger, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for the United States.

Fritz R. Kahn, Gen. Counsel, Charles H. White, Jr., Atty., Interstate Commerce Comm., Washington, D. C., for the I. C. C.

Carl E. VanDorn, Public Counsellor, Indianapolis, Ind., William J. Scott, Atty. Gen., Peter A. Fasseas, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen. of Ill., Richard L. Curry, Corp. Counsel, Mathias M. Mattern, Bernard Rane, Mark Goldstein, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Chicago, Ill., Nelson G. Grills, Indianapolis, Ind., Pierre E. Dostert, Gordon P. MacDougall, Washington, D. C., James D. Brinkerhoff, Jr., Garrett, Ind., for plaintiffs.

Leigh L. Hunt, Fort Wayne, Ind., Robert O. Smith, Jr., Baltimore, Md., for defendant.

Before KILEY, Circuit Judge, and ESCHBACH and BEAMER, District Judges.


OPINION

KILEY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs,1 by virtue of 28 U.S.C. § 1336(a), seek to set aside a decision2 of the Interstate Commerce Commission permitting discontinuance by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company (B&O) of two trains, and changes in train schedules. We deny the petition.

Prior to the proposed discontinuance and changes, B&O Train No. 7 operated daily from Washington...

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