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BOX 175-184 Harlem Valley Transportation Association Litigation (Field G), 1831-1993
Files relating to a successful lawsuit filed by Hoppen in federal court in 1973 on behalf of the Harlem Valley Transportation Association against the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC). The lawsuit requested declaratory and injunctive relief from the commission’s alleged violation of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. The act required the ICC to prepare impact statements before holding hearings in railroad abandonment proceedings if it was determined that federal actions would significantly affect the human environment. Joined by the Natural Resources Defense Council and other plaintiffs, the Harlem Valley Transportation Association argued that ICC had not conducted impact studies despite the fact that the abandonment of Northeast rail lines under a reorganization of the Penn Central Transportation Company would result in increased noise, traffic congestion, and air pollution as a result of increased truck traffic. The judge granted a preliminary injunction, a decision that was upheld in an appeal filed by the ICC. Case files include complaints, memoranda, briefs, affidavits, and exhibits.

An alphabetical file and a section on other related matters contain correspondence, memoranda, reports, legal research, legal records from other lawsuits, newsletters and organizational mailings, press releases, maps, and news clippings. Much of the background research relates to the abandonment of rail lines. Also included in the subseries is correspondence, newsletters, and writings by Lettie Gay Carson, a transportation and environmental activist who served as president of the Harlem Valley Transportation Association.
Arranged according to an inventory created by Hoppen. Files from the U.S. District Court and U.S. Court of Appeals cases are filed at the beginning of the subseries. An alphabetical file and a section on other related matters follow. Each is organized alphabetically by name, organization, legal case name, topic, or type of material.
BOX 175 Harlem Valley Transportation Association v. Stafford
BOX 175 U.S. District Court
BOX 175 Folder 1, 1973
(1 folder)
BOX 176 Folder 1, 1973
(2 folders)
BOX 176 Folder 2, 1973
(3 folders)
BOX 176 Folder 3, 1973-1974
(3 folders)
BOX 176 Folder 4, 1973
(2 folders)
BOX 177 Folder 4, 1973
(1 folder)
BOX 177 U.S. Court of Appeals, 1973-1974, 1992
(4 folders)
BOX 177 Stipulation of dismissal and order, 1976-1977
BOX 177 Correspondence, 1973-1975
(4 folders)
BOX 177 General file, 1879, 1975-1977
BOX 178 Alphabetical file
BOX 178 Air quality implementation plan, transportation controls, 1973
BOX 178 Attorneys, 1973
BOX 178 Berkshire Line, Conn., 1972-1973
BOX 178 Berkshire-Litchfield Environmental Conservancy Council, 1973
BOX 178 Boston and Maine Railroad, undated
BOX 178 Costs, legal, 1974-1975
BOX 178 Delaware and Hudson Railroad Corp., 1914, undated
BOX 178 Erie-Lackawanna Railway, 1973
BOX 178 Freight station agency service, 1973
BOX 178 Freight Users Association of Long Island, 1973
BOX 178 Hopewell Junction Spur, N.Y., undated
BOX 178 Interstate Commerce Commission, 1972-1976
(2 folders)
BOX 178 Metropolitan Transportation Authority, rail cuts, 1973
BOX 178 Millerton, N.Y., railroad track abandonment hearing, 1970-1973
(3 folders)
BOX 178 Miscellaneous, 1973-1975
(2 folders)
BOX 178 National Environmental Policy Act, 1972-1973
BOX 178 Natural Resources Defense Council, 1973-1976
BOX 178 New England Association of Rail Passengers, 1972-1973
BOX 178 New York, Susquehanna, and Western Railroad Co., 1969
BOX 178 New York State Department of Transportation, 1972-1973
BOX 178 Northeast rail plans, 1970-1973
(2 folders)
BOX 179 Northeast rail plans, 1970-1973
(1 folder)
BOX 179 Notes and memoranda, 1973-1974
(2 folders)
BOX 179 Pennsylvania rail matters, 1973
BOX 179 Plaintiffs, 1973
BOX 179 Rensselaer Interconnection abandonment, 1973-1974
BOX 179 Resort Bus Lines application, 1972-1973
BOX 179 Virginia Air Line, 1973
BOX 179 Other related matters
BOX 179 General, 1980
BOX 179 Abandoned rail property, New York
BOX 179 Legislative history, 1973-1980
BOX 179 Preferential acquisition rights, 1971-1979
BOX 179 Abandoned railroad rights of way, 1976-1977
BOX 179 Abandonment briefs, circa 1975
(2 folders)
BOX 180 Abandonment briefs, circa 1975
(3 folders)
BOX 180 Abandonment of railroads, legal matters, 1859, 1979
BOX 180 Adverse possession, railroad litigation, 1890-1947, 1976
BOX 180 Agricultural land preservation, 1972
BOX 180 Air pollution, Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, 1974
BOX 180 Amenia, N.Y., rail services, 1980, 1993
BOX 180 Attorney general, New York State, article on rail services, 1975
BOX 180 Brinegar, Claude, plan, public response to rail services report, 1974
BOX 180 Class I railroads
BOX 180 Preliminary standards, 1976-1977
BOX 181 Final standards, 1977
BOX 181 ConRail, 1975-1978
BOX 181 Correspondence, 1980-1981
BOX 181 Empire State Passengers Association, 1980
BOX 181 Erie-Lackawanna Railroad, 1975-1976
BOX 181 Federal law
BOX 181 Rail service, 1974-1975
BOX 181 Railroads, litigation material, 1876-1969
(3 folders)
BOX 181 Fullam, John M., orders regarding Lake Placid, N.Y., branch line, 1973-1974, 1980
BOX 181 Harlem Valley, N.Y.
BOX 181 Abandonment proposals, Harlem Line, 1973-1977
BOX 181 Carey, Hugh L., 1976
BOX 181 Correspondence, 1971-1979
(3 folders)
BOX 181 Notes and memoranda, 1971
BOX 182 Rail line preservation, feasibility study, 1979-1980
BOX 182 Recycling, 1976-1977
BOX 182 Harlem Valley Transportation Association
BOX 182 General, 1971-1978
(2 folders)
BOX 182 Consolidated Edison Company of New York, 1976
BOX 182 Miscellaneous, 1973-1976
BOX 182 Harlem Valley Transportation Association v. New York State Department of Transportation, 1980
BOX 182 Folder A
(2 folders)
BOX 182 Folder B
(2 folders)
BOX 182 Folder C
BOX 183 Interstate Commerce Commission, 1976-1978
BOX 183 Leases, railroads, litigation material, 1839-1964
BOX 183 Legislation, rails, 1971-1975
BOX 183 Lehigh and Hudson River Railway Preservation Trust, 1930-1931, 1970, 1980-1982
BOX 183 Litigation, rails, 1975-1976
BOX 183 Mandamus, railroads, litigation material, 1909-1916
BOX 183 Miscellaneous, railroads, 1980
BOX 183 National Coalition on the Transportation Crisis, national coordination, 1974-1975
BOX 183 National transportation policy, 1971-1975
BOX 183 New York and Harlem Railroad Co., 1831-1979
(5 folders)
BOX 184 New York and Harlem Railroad Co., 1831-1979
(1 folder)
BOX 184 Newspaper reports, rail matters, 1980
BOX 184 North East, N.Y., Harlem Line resolution, 1980
BOX 184 Northeast Rail Service Act of 1981, 1974, 1981
BOX 184 Property, general construction law, New York, undated
BOX 184 Rail banks, 1976
BOX 184 Railroad law, New York, 1977
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