ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION et al

  1. March 23, 2017

    DC Court Rejects Feds' Bid To Save Amtrak Regulatory Power

    A D.C. federal judge on Thursday rejected the government's bid to preserve a federal statute allowing Amtrak to set performance and scheduling standards along the nation's passenger railways, saying the D.C. Circuit unequivocally struck down the statute as unconstitutional last year.

  2. March 09, 2017

    Feds Say Railroads Aim To Lop Off Amtrak's Regulatory Power

    The federal government on Wednesday slammed the Association of American Railroads as preferring "hatchet over scalpel" in its bid to get a D.C. federal court to scrap an entire law allowing Amtrak to set certain passenger railway standards rather than trimming a problematic provision.

  3. February 28, 2017

    Railroads Slam Feds' Bid To Save Amtrak Regulatory Power

    Freight railroads asked a D.C. judge on Monday to reject the government's bid to preserve a federal statute allowing Amtrak to set performance and scheduling standards along the nation's passenger railways, saying the D.C. Circuit unequivocally struck down the statute as unconstitutional last year.

  4. February 13, 2017

    Feds Move To Save Amtrak Regulatory Power Over Railroads

    The federal government asked a Washington, D.C., judge on Monday to issue an order largely preserving a federal statute allowing Amtrak to set performance and scheduling standards along the nation's passenger railways, even though the D.C. Circuit already struck down the statute as unconstitutional last year.

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