- National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. Boston & Maine Corp.
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National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. Boston & Maine Corp.
Supreme Court of the United StatesArgued January 13, 1992
Decided March 25, 1992Full case name National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. Boston & Maine Corp. Holding Amtrak may condemn a railroad's trackage and convey it to another railroad to continue intercity passenger service; the Interstate Commerce Commission reasonably interpreted . Court membership Associate Justices
Byron White · Harry Blackmun
John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy
David Souter · Clarence ThomasCase opinions Majority Kennedy, joined by Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Scalia, Souter Dissent White, joined by Blackmun, Thomas Laws applied National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. Boston & Maine Corp., 503 U.S. 407 (1992), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (better known as Amtrak), could condemn railroad property and convey it to another railroad in order to continue passenger rail service over that route.
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