Coal trade association files petition requesting sTB to take action: filing

摘要

The Western Coal Traffic League is asking a US federal court to force the US Surface Transportation Board to make a decision on its safe harbor provisions, a decision that would have significant ramifications on class action litigation over railroad fuel surcharges that have dragged on since 2007. The WCTL petitioned the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit to issue a writ of mandamus directing the Surface Transportation Board to take action in a “pending proceeding of huge financial consequence to rail shippers” within 90 days, according to the filing.