United States First Circuit
Granite State Concrete Co. v. Surface Transp. Bd., 04-2551
The Surface Transportation Board properly found that a railroad acted reasonably in light of rail safety concerns when it imposed restrictions upon another railroad operating its lines.
Appellate Information
- Decided 07/29/2005
- Published 07/29/2005
Judges
- LYNCH, Circuit Judge., Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, HILL, Senior Circuit Judge, and LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
Court
- United States First Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- James E. Howard, for petitioners., Eric L. Hirschhorn, with whom Winston & Strawn LLP and Robert B. Culliford, Guilford Rail System, were on brief, for intervenors.
- For Appellees:
- Jamie P. Rennert, Attorney, Surface Transportation Board, with whom R. Hewitt Pate, Assistant Attorney General, Makan Delrahim, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Robert B. Nicholson, Attorney, Department of Justice, John P. Fonte, Attorney, Department of Justice, Ellen D. Hanson, General Counsel, and Craig M. Keats, Deputy General Counsel, were on brief, for respondent.