PENN CENT. CORP. v. U.S.

Civ. A. No. 92-1.

814 F.Supp. 1116 (1993)

PENN CENTRAL CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America, Consolidated Rail Corporation, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Defendants.

Special Court, Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973.

February 9, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis A. Craco, John R. Oller, Lorni Staal Rosen, Wilkie Farr & Gallagher, Kenneth N. Hart, James J. Capra, Marianne Santangelo, Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine, New York City, for plaintiff Penn Cent. Corp.

Vicki A. O'Meara, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Stephen M. Johnson, Christopher S. Vaden, Attorneys, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environmental and Natural Resource Div., Washington, DC, for defendant U.S.

Laurence Z. Shiekman, M. Duncan Grant, Brian T. Ortelere, Suzanne Forbis, Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, Philadelphia, PA, for defendant Consol. Rail Corp.

Joseph A. Dworetzky, Thomas J. Leach, Bonnie A. Barnett, Seamus C. Duffy, Drinker, Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia, PA, for defendant Southeastern Pennsylvania Transp. Authority.

J. Brian Molloy, Douglas H. Green, Piper & Marbury, Stephen C. Rogers, Dennis M. Moore, Amtrak Law Dept., Washington, DC, for defendant Nat. R.R. Passenger Corp.

Before WISDOM, GASCH, and GREEN, JJ.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

WISDOM, Presiding Judge:

This action raises an important question relating to the Special Court's exclusive jurisdiction to interpret its conveyance orders, the Final System Plan ("FSP"), and the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 (the "Rail Act").1 Penn Central Corporation filed suit in this court against the United States for a declaratory judgment and for a permanent injunction against the enforcement...

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