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IN RE READING COMPANY

Bky. 71-828.

378 F.Supp. 481 (1974)

In the Matter of READING COMPANY, Debtor

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

July 1, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard H. Lewis, Philadelphia, Pa., for trustees.

Lockwood W. Fogg, Jr., William C. Jamouneau, Philadelphia, Pa., for debtor.

James F. Dausch, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for U.S. Government.

Gordon P. MacDougall, Washington, D.C., for Com. of Pa.

G. Clark Cummings, New York City, for Mfrs. Hanover Trust Co.

Edward C. Toole, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa., for interventors Committee of Interline Railroads.

David L. Grove and Baldo M. Carnecchia, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa., for Sullivan, Reynolds & Mabie, shareholders in the debtor.

William T. Lake, Washington, D.C., for U. S. Railway Ass'n.

Collister Johnson, Jr., Washington, D. C., for I.C.C.

Leroy D. Touchton, Trenton, N.J., for State of N.J.

Geoffrey N. Zeh, Washington, D.C., for Railway Labor Executives Ass'n.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER NO. 650 and DECISION REQUIRED BY THE SECOND SENTENCE OF § 207(b) OF THE REGIONAL RAIL REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1973

DITTER, District Judge.

The Reading Company is one of eight major railroads in the throes of reorganization under Section 77 of the Bankruptcy Act. All are located in the Northeast or Midwest. Recognizing that substantial federal action is required if the service provided by these railroads is to continue, Congress passed...

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