The STATE OF TEXAS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants,
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners and State Corp. Commission of the State of Kansas, Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellants,
v.
UNITED STATES of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Defendants-Appellees, and
Southern Pacific Transportation Company, et al., Defendants-Intervenors-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
April 23, 1984.
April 23, 1984.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Wm. Paul Rodgers, Jr., Charles D. Gray, Nat'l Ass'n of Regulatory Utility Com'rs, Washington, D.C., for Nat'l Ass'n of Reg. Utility Comm.
Walter Davis, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for State of Tex., et al.
Dennis D. Ahlers, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Kansas Corp. Comm., Topeka, Kan., for State Corp. Com'n of Kansas.
Hugh P. Shovlin, Asst. U.S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., Edward R. Cohen, Appellate Staff, Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for U.S.A. and I.C.C.
Crady & Peden, Hugh L. McCulley, Houston, Tex., for Southern Pacific Transp. Co.
Michael E. Roper, Dallas, Tex., for Missouri-Kansas-Texas R. Co.
Wilson, Grosenheider & Burns, Robert B. Burns, Jr., Austin, Tex., for The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Ry.
Clark, Thomas, Winters & Shapiro, Donald Scott Thomas, Jr., Austin, Tex., for Missouri Pacific R. Co. and Ass'n of American Railroads.
Steptoe & Johnson, Betty Jo Christian, Stephen Ailes, Washington, D.C., for Ass'n of American Railroads.
Donal L. Turkal, St. Paul, Minn., for Burlington Northern R. Co.
Charles B. Evans, St. Augustine, Fla., William H. Teasley, Washington, D.C., for Florida Railroads.
Neill W. McArthur, Jr., Jacksonville, Fla., Small, Craig & Werkenthin, James M. Alsup, Austin, Tex., for Seaboard Coast Line R.R., et al.
John P. Legendre, Dallas, Tex., for Missouri Pacific R.R.
Before WISDOM, REAVLEY and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
This appeal involves a facial attack on the constitutionality of sections 201, 202, 203, and 214 of the Staggers Rail Act of 1980,1 49 U.S.C.A. §§ 10501, 10701a, 10707a, 10709, 11501 (1983). Seeking a declaratory judgment that the challenged sections of the Staggers Act are unconstitutional, the State of Texas initiated this case on December 12, 1980, by filing...
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