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Middletown to dismiss CSX lawsuits and pursue complaints with the Surface Transportation Board
Summary
After recent court rulings finding federal preemption of Pennsylvania's anti‑blocking statute, the board voted 5‑0 to accept a mutual dismissal with CSX and authorized the solicitor to file informal and/or formal complaints with the Surface Transportation Board seeking operational remedies for recurring train blockages at the Woodburn Road crossing.
Middletown Township supervisors on Feb. 5 voted to dismiss parallel criminal and civil actions involving CSX and to pursue regulatory remedies through the Surface Transportation Board (STB) after updated case law weakened the township’s courthouse position.
Township Solicitor Michael Esposito reviewed litigation that began in 2015 over repeated CSX train blockages at the Woodburn Road crossing. He said that…
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