United States Third Circuit

Where a rail carrier pledged during pre-merger proceedings that a rail facility would not be closed after merger, its planned closure will not be cancelled where carrier made no representation that the facility would be operated indefinitely, without regard to business conditions.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/05/2002
• Decided 05/17/2002
• Published 05/17/2002

Judges

• Before:  SLOVITER and AMBRO, Circuit Judges, and POLLAK, District Judge .

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Scott N. Stone (Argued), Patton Boggs, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner Commonwealth of Pennsylvania., Arlen Specter (Argued), United States Senator, United States Senate, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner Arlen Specter., Richard S. Edelman (Argued), O'Donnell, Schwartz & Anderson, Washington, D.C., for the Unions Intervenors/Petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• Theodore K. Kalick (Argued), Ellen D. Hanson, General Counsel, Craig M. Keats, Deputy General Counsel, Surface Transportation Board, Office of General Counsel, John P. Fonte, Robert B. Nicholson, Charles A. James, Assistant Attorney General, United States Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, Washington, D.C., for Respondents Surface Transportation Board and United States., Carter G. Phillips (Argued), G. Paul Moates, Jeffrey S. Berlin, Virginia A. Seitz, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, Washington, D.C., Richard A. Allen, Scott M. Zimmerman, Adam F. Hulbig, Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger, Washington, D.C., J. Gary Lane, Henry D. Light, Joseph C. Dimino, George A. Aspartore, Jeffrey H. Burton, John V. Edwards, Norfolk Southern Corporation, Norfolk, VA, for Norfolk Southern Corporation and Norfolk Southern Railway Company, Intervenors/Respondents.