Birt v. Surface Transp. Bd.

ELR Citation: ELR 21609
No(s). 95-1211 (D.C. Cir. Aug 2, 1996)

The court upholds the Interstate Commerce Commission's (ICC's) approval of a rails-to-trails agreement between a railroad company and a municipality. The ICC had granted the railroad a certificate of interim trail use (CITU), which stayed the railroad's certificate of abandonment for 180 days while ...