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CONGRESS OF RAILWAY UNIONS v. HODGSON

Civ. A. Nos. 825-71, 842-71 and 843-71.

326 F.Supp. 68 (1971)

CONGRESS OF RAILWAY UNIONS et al., Plaintiffs, v. James D. HODGSON, Secretary of Labor et al., Defendants. POTOMAC PASSENGERS ASSOCIATION, Plaintiffs, v. CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY et al., Defendants. CONGRESS OF RAILWAY UNIONS et al., Plaintiffs, v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN, INC. et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

April 30, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. Mahoney, Washington, D. C., for Congress of Railway Unions and Railway Labor Executives' Assn.

Francis M. Shea, and Richard T. Conway, Washington, D. C., for defendant railroads.

William O. Bittman, Washington, D. C., for Amtrak.

Stuart E. Schiffer, for defendant Secretary of Labor.

Pierre E. Dostert, Washington, D. C., for Potomac Passengers Assn.

Robert O. Smith, Jr., Baltimore, Md., for defendants, Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co. and others.

Andrew P. Goldstein, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs Congress of Railway Unions and others.

CORCORAN, District Judge.

I.

Reacting to an ever worsening rail-passenger crisis, Congress enacted the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970 (hereinafter the "Act").1

In brief, the Act authorized the formation of a National Railroad Passenger Corporation (hereinafter "Amtrak"). (Accomplished) It directed the Secretary of Transportation to designate a so-called "basic system" of intercity rail passenger service for the whole...

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