STRATFORD LAND & IMP. CO., INC. v. BLANCHETTE

Civ. A. No. 77-37.

448 F.Supp. 279 (1978)

STRATFORD LAND AND IMPROVEMENT COMPANY, INC. (formerly known as Rykar Industrial Corporation) and Stratford Industrial Corporation, Plaintiffs, v. Robert W. BLANCHETTE, Richard C. Bond, and John H. McArthur, Trustees of Penn Central Transportation Company and Consolidated Rail Corporation, Defendants.

Special Court Regional Rail Reorganization Act.

March 21, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard J. Smolens, Philadelphia, Pa. (Gilbert W. Oswald, Charles J. Mangan, Charles B. Blakinger, and Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, Pa., of counsel), for plaintiffs.

Paul Duke, Philadelphia, Pa. (Carl Helmetag, Jr., and Robert Szwajkos, Philadelphia, Pa., of counsel), for defendant Trustees of Penn Central Transp. Co.

John G. Harkins, Philadelphia, Pa. (Laurence Z. Shiekman, Charles J. Bloom and Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, Philadelphia, Pa., of counsel), for defendant, Consolidated Rail Corp.

Before FRIENDLY, Presiding Judge, and WISDOM and THOMSEN, Judges.


FRIENDLY, Presiding Judge:

Plaintiffs Stratford Land and Improvement Co. and Stratford Industrial Corp. (henceforth referred to collectively as Stratford) commenced this action against ConRail and the Penn Central (PC) Trustees. Stratford sought reimbursement, from ConRail or, alternatively, from the Trustees, of so much of its costs of constructing tracks from the PC line into an industrial park owned by it pursuant to an agreement with the Trustees, approved by...

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