February 13, 2017
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.
September 12, 2016
The D.C. Circuit on Friday refused to reconsider its recent ruling that a federal law allowing Amtrak to set performance and scheduling standards along the nation’s passenger railways violated the due process rights of freight railroads using the same tracks.
June 28, 2016
The U.S. Department of Transportation asked the D.C. Circuit on Monday to reconsider its April ruling that a federal law allowing Amtrak to set performance and scheduling standards along the nation's passenger railways violated the due process rights of freight railroads using the same tracks.
June 28, 2016
A dispute over the U.S. Department of Transportation's tank car rules for trains carrying crude oil and labor suits challenging commercial truckers, delivery giants and ride-hailing companies' classification of drivers as independent contractors are among the court battles that transportation attorneys will watch as 2016 continues to unfold.
May 02, 2016
The D.C. Circuit's rejection of a federal law giving Amtrak power to regulate freight railroads that compete with it for track use sets up what experts say will be another drawn-out legal fight headed for the U.S. Supreme Court, and one that could jeopardize Amtrak's long-held priority status.
April 29, 2016
The D.C. Circuit on Friday ruled that giving Amtrak the authority to set performance and scheduling standards along the nation's passenger railways violates the constitutional due process rights of freight railroads using the same tracks, overturning a related law.
January 08, 2016
The federal government told the D.C. Circuit on Friday it was working to clarify the application of a timeliness metric — defined by government-owned Amtrak — to instigate investigations into railroad companies, seemingly seeking to undercut a railroad group's challenge of Amtrak's role in setting standards.
November 10, 2015
Railroads told a D.C. Circuit panel Tuesday that a statute giving the government-backed Amtrak authority to set performance and scheduling standards along the nation's passenger railways violates their due process, insisting that the law is flawed and needs to be struck down.