1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. Pa.
  4. 396 Pa.
  5. 396 Pa. 34 (1959)
 

PA. RAILROAD CO. v. PA. P.U.C.

396 Pa. 34 (1959)

Pennsylvania Railroad Company v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

May 18, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Friedman, Deputy Attorney General, with him Louis J. Carter and Edward Munce, Assistant Counsel, and Thomas M. Kerrigan, Counsel, for Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, appellant.

David Berger, City Solicitor, with him James L.J. Pie and Alan Miles Ruben, Assistant City Solicitors, for City of Philadelphia, intervening appellant.

Mead J. Mulvihill, Jr., Assistant City Solicitor, with him David Stahl, City Solicitor, for City of Pittsburgh, intervening appellant.

Windsor F. Cousins, with him John B. Prizer, for Pennsylvania Railroad Company, appellee.

George C. Doering, David P. Reese, Gordon E. Neuenschwander, and Lockwood W. Fogg, Jr., for various railroads, interested parties, under Rule 46.

Before JONES, C.J., BELL, MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN and BOK, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE JONES, May 18, 1959:

The order of the Superior Court, purporting to abrogate so much of the Public Utility Commission's Rule 10 of its Railroad Regulations as "requires application to and approval by the Commission `prior to the removal, elimination, or substantial change in the schedule of any passenger train . . .'", must be vacated. The matter was coram non judice. The Superior Court was, therefore, without jurisdiction to entertain...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases