CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORP. v. U.S.

General Panel Civ. A. No. 93-1.

883 F.Supp. 1565 (1995)

CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. The UNITED STATES of America, South-eastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, The Reading Company, National Railroad Passenger Corporation, City of Philadelphia, County of Bucks, County of Chester, County of Delaware, and County of Montgomery, Defendants.

Special Court, Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973.

April 4, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurence Z. Shiekman, David Richman, M. Duncan Grant, Pepper Hamilton & Sheetz, Philadelphia, PA, for plaintiff Consol. Rail Corp.

Timothy Burns, John Copeland Nagle, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for defendant U.S.

Bonnie A. Barnett, David P. Bruton, Seamus C. Duffy, Drinker Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia, PA, for defendant Southeastern Pennsylvania Transp. Authority.

Daniel Segal, Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin, Philadelphia, PA, for defendant Reading Co.

J. Brian Molloy, Douglas H. Green, Norman L. Rave, Jr., Piper & Marbury, Washington, DC, and Daniela Winkler, Dennis M. Moore, Amtrak Law Dept., Washington, DC, for defendant Nat. Railroad Passenger Corp.

Deseriee A. Kennedy, Robert A. Sutton, Asst. City Solicitors, City of Philadelphia, PA, for defendant City of Philadelphia.

Marilyn Heffley, Reed Smith Shaw & McClay, Philadelphia, PA, for defendant County of Bucks.

Jami Wintz McKeon, Martina Bernstein, Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, PA, for defendant Counties of Chester and Montgomery.

William F. Holsten II, Paola F. Tripodi, Holsten & White, Media, PA, for defendant County of Delaware.

Before WISDOM, Presiding Judge, GASCH and GREEN, Judges.


WISDOM, Presiding Judge:

This is the second case1 in which the Special Court has been asked to examine the relationship between the statute that created the court, the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 (Rail Act),2 and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA).3 The plaintiff, Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail), and the...

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