District Court, D. Vermont March 25, 1973, Civ. A. 73-3 (Interstate Commerce Commission v. St. Johnsbury & Lamoille County Railroad)

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

HOLDEN, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs seek an injunction ordering the defendants to comply with 49 U.S.C. § l(18).

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This provision of the Interstate Commerce Act forbids a railroad subject to federal regulation from abandoning operations without first having obtained a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the Interstate Commerce Commission. The I.