Pennsylvania v. Interstate Commerce Commission’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
10 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1491 · 28 U.S.C. § 2321 · 45 U.S.C. § 501 · 45 U.S.C. § 561 (Federal Employers' Liability Act) · 45 U.S.C. § 715 · 45 U.S.C. § 744
Relies on Blanchette v. Connecticut General Insurance Corporations · Towne v. Eisner · Lamar v. United States · 384 F. Supp. 895 - In Re Penn Central Transportation Company · Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. v. Environmental Protection Agency
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“entailing a greater charge on the states seeking to subsidize short-line operations, than Congress intended. Our approach is shaped by what we see as a basic reality, that RSPO was confronted with the obvious fact that unlike the passenger-freight separation under the 1970 Act, where revenues are wholly severable, any calculation of branch revenues from a run that is part on-branch and part off-branch requires some attention to the relationship of both elements. In RSPO's view, the”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“S.Rep. No. 93-601, 93d Cong., 1st Sess. 37 (1973). But we are not referred to anything in the legislative history that requires that these costs be measured by duplication of the ICC regulations under the 1970 law. 7 Indeed, as the Government points out, it is unlikely that Congress intended RSPO to duplicate ICC usage, since the ICC had prior to the passage of the 1970 Act expressed serious doubt as to whether existing accounting practices were sufficiently refined”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“language of the Senate amendment. H.Rep. No. 93-744, 93d Cong., 1st Sess. 61-63 (1973). However, there is no indication in the Senate and Conference Committee reports of reliance on the 1970 statute or the ICC regulations thereunder. What this legislative history suggests is that Congress intended a clear nexus between the revenues attributable to the particular line and the costs incurred in their production, to exclude”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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