Civil Procedure · MBE-tested
Erie Railroad Co. v. Board of Public Utility Commissioners of New Jersey et al.; and New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad Co. v. Board of Public Utility Commissioners of New Jersey et al.
359 U.S. 957·Supreme Court of the United States·1959
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Opinion
April 6, 1959.
No. 47.
No. 55.
Erie Railroad Co. v. Board of Public Utility Commissioners of New Jersey et al.; and New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad Co. v. Board of Public Utility Commissioners of New Jersey et al.
On the- motion were Charles W. Hutchinson and Raymond J. Lamb for the Erie Railroad Co., appellant in No. 47, and Leon Leighton for the New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad Co., appellant in No. 55:
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Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. (Probable jurisdiction noted, 357 U. S. 917.) The motion to vacate the decree is granted and the cases are remanded to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey with directions to dismiss the complaint as moot.
Reported below: 158 F. Supp. 104.