NORWICH & WORCESTER RAILROAD COMPANY, Petitioner,
v.
UNITED STATES of America et al., Respondents.
Robert W. BLANCHETTE et al., Trustees of the Property of Penn Central Transportation Company, Debtor, Petitioners,
v.
UNITED STATES RAILWAY ASSOCIATION et al., Respondents.
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Argued January 30, 1976.
Decided February 12, 1976.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
George F. Galland, Washington, D.C. (Robert W. Ginnane, and Galland, Kharasch, Calkins & Brown, Washington, D.C., of counsel), for petitioner Norwich & Worcester R. Co.
Brice M. Clagett, Washington, D.C. (Charles A. Horsky, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., and Paul R. Duke, Philadelphia, Pa., of counsel), for petitioner Penn Central Trustees.
William R. Perlik, Washington, D.C. (Louis R. Cohen, Stephen F. Black, William T. Lake, and Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D.C., of counsel), for United States Ry. Assn.
John Hart Ely, Gen. Counsel, James I. Singer, and Jerome E. Sharfman, U. S. Dept. of Transp., Washington, D.C., for the United States.
John G. Harkins, Jr., Laurence Z. Shiekman, and Pepper, Hamilton & Sheetz, Philadelphia, Pa., for Consolidated Rail Corp.
Nathaniel H. Goodrich, Washington, D.C., for National Railroad Passenger Corp.
Paul C. Warnke, James T. Stovall, III, and Clifford, Warnke, Glass, McIlwaine & Finney, Washington, D.C., for Southern R. Co.
John L. Rogers, Jr., Baltimore, Md., for Chesapeake and Ohio R. Co.
William H. Ewing, and Joseph J. Connolly, Philadelphia, Pa., for The Connecting Ry. Co. and John C. Kohl, Trustee of the Property of The Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington R. Co.
Mark Willcox, Jr., and Herbert G. Schick, Philadelphia, Pa., for Trustee of the Property of The Michigan Central R. Co.
Jerome K. Walsh, New York City, for Trustee of the Properties of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Co. and Penndel Co.
Joseph J. Connolly, Philadelphia, Pa., for New York Connecting R. Co., Fort Wayne & Jackson R. Co. and Little Miami R. Co., as amici curiae.
Charles I. Thompson, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa., for The North Pennsylvania R. Co. and Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown R. Co., as amici curiae.
Leon Leighton, New York City, for Minority Stockholders of Mahoning Coal Railroad, as amicus curiae.
Before FRIENDLY, Presiding Judge, and WISDOM and THOMSEN, Judges.
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FRIENDLY, Presiding Judge:
The petitioners in these two actions request the Special Court to determine that certain property described in the petitions is not subject to compulsory conveyance under § 303(b) of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 (RRRA) as amended. This opinion deals only with the question whether, in the light of the important amendments in Title VI of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory
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