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SEABOARD COAST LINE R. CO. v. NAT. RAIL PASSENGER CORP.

No. 75-2894.

554 F.2d 657 (1977)

SEABOARD COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NATIONAL RAIL PASSENGER CORPORATION, a/k/a Amtrak, a corporation organized under the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970, and the laws of the District of Columbia, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 22, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Moseley, Neill W. McArthur, Jr., Jacksonville, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant.

R. K. Knowlton, Dennis J. Helfman, Chicago, Ill., amicus curiae, for Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe.

Donald G. Avery, Robert B. Patterson, Counsel, Legal Dept., Natl. Rail Passenger Corp., Washington, D.C., George L. Hudspeth, Jacksonville, Fla., for defendant-appellee.

Before WISDOM, GEE, and FAY, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

I.

This interlocutory appeal involves the propriety of the district court's referring certain questions to arbitration and the effect of a federal statutory claim raised as a defense to the duty to arbitrate. The appellant Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (SCL) commenced this action on February 12, 1975, seeking compensation at common carrier tariff rates for various services it had performed for the appellee, National Railroad Passenger Corporation...

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