Jersey City v. Consolidated Rail Corp.

ELR Citation: 42 ELR 20035
No(s). 10-7135 (D.C. Cir. Feb 3, 2012)

The D.C. Circuit held that a city has standing to challenge a railroad company's sale of a historic elevated railroad embankment to developers. The city argued that the sale was void because the company failed to obtain approval from the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to abandon the property...