In re PENN CENTRAL TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, Debtor.
In re Discontinuance of INTERCITY PASSENGER SERVICE.
United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
April 30, 1971.
April 30, 1971.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Edwin P. Rome, Blank, Rome, Klaus & Comisky, Robert W. Blanchette, Philadelphia, Pa., for Trustees, Penn Central Transp. Co.
W. Bourne Ruthrauff, Tate & Ervin, Philadelphia, Pa., for New York, New Haven and Hartford.
John F. Wilson, III, Dechert, Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia Pa., for Penn Central Co.
Nochem S. Winnet, Fox, Rothschild, O'Brien & Frankel, Philadelphia, Pa., for First National City Bank of N. Y.
Morris Cheston, Jr., Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, Philadelphia, Pa., for Morgan Guaranty Trust Co.
Herbert Smolen, Asst. City Solicitor, Philadelphia, Pa., for City of Philadelphia.
Gordon P. MacDougall, Washington, D. C., Special Asst. Atty. Gen., for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. John C. McTiernan, Albany, N. Y., for Commissioner of Transp. of the State of New York.
Walter J. Myskowski, Albany, N. Y., for the Atty. Gen. of the State of New York.
Thomas P. Shearer, Pittsburgh, Pa., for United Transp. Union.
Geoffrey W. Zeh, Mulholland, Hickey & Lyman, Washington, D. C., for Congress of Railway Unions, Railway Labor Executives Ass'n.
Robert J. Bossolt, Deputy Atty. Gen., State of New Jersey, for New Jersey Dept. of Transp.
United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.
FULLAM, District Judge.
The Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970, P.L. 91-518, 45 U.S.C. § 501 et seq. (hereinafter referred to as "Amtrak Statute") directly affects only "intercity rail passenger service", defined therein (Section 102(5)) as follows:
"`Intercity rail passenger service' means all rail passenger service other than (A) commuter and other shorthaul service in metropolitan and suburban areas, usually characterized by reduced fare, multiple...
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