NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORP. v. PASSENGERS ASSN.

No. 72-1289.

414 U.S. 453 (1974)

NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORP. ET AL. v. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RAILROAD PASSENGERS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 9, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Barrett Prettyman, Jr., argued the cause for petitioners. On the brief were William O. Bittman, Curtis E. Von Kann, and Charles A. Horsky.

Gordon P. MacDougall argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.*


MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court.

The respondent, the National Association of Railroad Passengers (NARP), brought this action in the District Court to enjoin the announced discontinuance of certain passenger trains that had previously been operated by the Central of Georgia Railway Co. (Central). Named as defendants were Central, its parent, Southern Railway Co. (Southern), and the National Railroad Passenger Corp. (Amtrak), all of which are...

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