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Boston & Providence Railroad Corporation Stockholders v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co. et al., 1956 — 350 U.S. 926 · caselaw · US
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Boston & Providence Railroad Corporation Stockholders v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co. et al.
350 U.S. 926·Supreme Court of the United States·1956
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Opinion
January 9, 1956.
No. 437.
Boston & Providence Railroad Corporation Stockholders v. New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co. et al.
Armistead B. Rood, Joseph B. Hyman, Cassius M. Clay and Sidney H. Willner for appellants. Solicitor General Sobeloff, Assistant Attorney General Barnes, Robert W. Ginnane and Isaac K. Hay for the United States and the Interstate Commerce Commission, and William T. Griffin and Herbert Burstein for the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co., appellees.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam:]
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Per Curiam:
The motion of Boston & Providence Railroad Corporation Stockholders Committee for leave to intervene or, in the alternative, to file brief as amicus curiae is denied. The motions to affirm are granted and the judgment is affirmed.