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Seatrain Lines, Inc. v. Pennsylvania Railroad Co. et al., 1953 — 345 U.S. 916 · caselaw · US
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Seatrain Lines, Inc. v. Pennsylvania Railroad Co. et al.
345 U.S. 916·Supreme Court of the United States·1953
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Opinion
No. 497.
Seatrain Lines, Inc. v. Pennsylvania Railroad Co. et al.
Carl E. Newton and Theodore S. Hope, Jr. for petitioner.
John B. Prizer, Hugh B. Cox and Joseph F. Eshelman for the Pennsylvania Railroad Co., Charles Cook Howell, Francis M. Shea and U. B. Ellis for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co., Sidney S, Alderman, Henry L. Walker, Waldron M. Ward, Mr. Shea and Warner W. Gardner for the Southern Railway Co., Mr. Cox and L. James Huegel for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co., Harold J. Gallagher, James B. McDonough, Jr., W. R. C. Cocke and Chas. T. Abeles for the Seaboard Air Line Railroad Co., W. T. Pierson and Duane E. Minard for the Erie Railroad Co., J. Carter Fort, Thomas L. Preston, Mr. Ward and Gerald D. Finney for the Association of American Railroads; and Robert Carey and H. T. Lively for the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co., respondents.
[MAJORITY]
C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.