Supreme Court of the United States, 1959

Erie Railroad v. Board of Public Utility Commissioners of New Jersey

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided April 6, 1959

359 U.S. 957; 79 S. Ct. 795 (United States Reports)

Counsel

On the- motion were Charles W. Hutchinson and Raymond J. Lamb for the Erie Railroad Co., appellant in No. 47, and Leon Leighton for the New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad Co., appellant in No. 55:

Opinion of the Court

Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. (Probable jurisdiction noted, 357 U. S. 917.) The motion to vacate the decree is granted and the cases are remanded to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey with directions to dismiss the complaint as moot.

Reported below: 158 F. Supp. 104.

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