U.S. District Court / E.D. Pennsylvania

In Re Penn Central Transportation Co.

Decided March 17, 1978. John Patrick Fullam wrote the opinion for the court.

458 F. Supp. 1234 · Cited 56 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Fosdick v. Schall · 99 U.S. 235
In Re New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co. · 278 F. Supp. 592
Gardner v. New Jersey · 329 U.S. 565
Consolidated Rock Products Co. v. Du Bois · 312 U.S. 510
Miltenberger v. Logansport Railway Co. · 106 U.S. 286
Brooks-Scanlon Co. v. Railroad Comm'n of La. · 251 U.S. 396
United States v. Oklahoma · 261 U.S. 253
Michigan v. Michigan Trust Co. · 286 U.S. 334
Lowden v. Northwestern National Bank & Trust Co. · 298 U.S. 160
Boteler v. Ingels · 308 U.S. 57
Warren v. Palmer · 310 U.S. 132
St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute Railroad v. Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, & Indianapolis Railway Co. · 125 U.S. 658
In Re Penn Central Transportation Company · 354 F. Supp. 717
In Re Penn Central Transportation Company · 340 F. Supp. 857
Burnham v. Bowen · 111 U.S. 776
In Re New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co. · 304 F. Supp. 1121
In Re Penn Central Transportation Company · 382 F. Supp. 856
In Re Penn Central Transportation Company · 355 F. Supp. 1343
In Re Penn Central Transportation Company · 382 F. Supp. 821
United States v. Childs · 266 U.S. 304
Penn Cent. Tr. Co. v. National City Bank of Cleveland, Ohio · 315 F. Supp. 1281
In Re Tennessee Central Railway Company · 316 F. Supp. 1103
In Re Penn Central Transportation Company · 358 F. Supp. 154
In Re Central Railroad Co. of New Jersey · 425 F. Supp. 1055
In Re Penn Central Transportation Company · 395 F. Supp. 567

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Matter of Boston and Maine Corp. · 468 F. Supp. 996
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Matter of Central Rr Co. of New Jersey · 473 F. Supp. 225
In Re Penn Central Transportation Co. · 92 B.R. 605

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