Railroad Mergers - A Coal Shipper's Perspective, The Transportation Antitrust Update (ABA) (Oct. 2004).
By Donald G. Avery and Kendra A. Ericson

The Eastern Coal Rate Cases - A Few Observations
C. Michael Loftus
75th Annual Meeting of the Association For Transportation Law, Logistics & Policy
Jackson Hole, Wyoming, June 2004.

Implications of the Recent Eastern Coal Rate Decisions
Presented at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Association For Transportation Law, Logistics & Policy
Jackson Hole, Wyoming, June 2004. By C. Michael Loftus

Transitions in Captive Coal Rate Regulation
Kelvin J. Dowd
National Coal Transportation Association
Denver, Colorado, September 9, 2003

STB Coal Rate Litigation: Current Status and Recent Developments
C. Michael Loftus
Platts 25th Annual Coal Marketing Days
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 24, 2002

A Review of Current Coal Rate Cases Before the STB
C. Michael Loftus
2002 WCTA Spring Membership Meeting and General Conference
Vancouver, British Columbia Canada, April 22, 2002

Creeping FERC Jurisdiction Over Cooperatives
Robert D. Rosenberg
National Rurual Electric Cooperative Association G&T Legal Seminar
San Francisco, California, November 8, 2001

The Role of Party Arbitrators on Tripartite Panels
ADR Panel Paper Presented April 28, 2001.
By Stephen C. Rogers, C. Michael Loftus, and Samuel M. Sipe, Jr.

Current Transmission Issues
Robert D. Rosenberg
Arizona Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.
Laughlin, Nevada, November 14, 2000

Rail Merger, Service and Competition Issues
Robert D. Rosenberg
Western Coal Transportation Association
Napa, California, April 26, 2000

The CN-BNSF Merger and Its Implications
C. Michael Loftus
Western Coal Traffic League Winter Meeting
Phoenix, Arizona, February 15-18, 2000

Quarterly Submissions to the Journal of Transportation Law, Logistics and Policy
William L. Slover, Editor -- Department of Transportation
Used With Permission, (C) Copyright Journal of Transportation Law, Logistics and Policy

  • Winter 1999
    • DOT Issues Declaratory Order Authorizing Air Service at Dallas Love Field
    • NHTSA Motor Vehicle Recall Overturned on Grounds that Agency Failed to Provide Notice of Noncompliance
  • Spring 1999
    • Federal Appellate Court Upholds DOT's Motor Carrier Safety Fitness Rating Rules
    • DOT Decision Preempting a New York Hazardous Waste Regulation Upheld in Federal District Court
  • Summer 1999
    • Two Former ICC Counsel Denied Priority Employment Rights with FAA
    • Rules Governing Motor Carrier Cargo Tank Loading/Unloading Upheld
  • Fall 1999
    • Federal Appellate Court Holds that NTSB Must Defer to FAA's Interpretation of its Airline Safety Regulations
    • FHWA Decision Holding that Agency Lacks Primary Jurisdiction Over Truck Lease Complaints Upheld



The Western Rail Service Crisis and Its Impact on Contract Coal Shippers
Frank J. Pergolizzi
Western Coal Transportation Association
Tuscon, Arizona, April 6, 1999

Update on Western Rail Service and Review of Contract Service Provisions
C. Michael Loftus
Western Coal Traffic League Winter Meeting
Phoenix, Arizona, February 16-19, 1999

Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking: The 104th Congress and The Salvage Timber Directive
14 J. L. & Pol. 1 (1998).
By Peter A. Pfohl

Competition, Service and the Conrail Split--Who's In Charge Here?
Kelvin J. Dowd
Coal Outlook Conference
Coal Transportation:How to Profit From the New Dynamics
St. Louis, MO, April 7-8, 1998

Outlook for Rail Service in the West and Railroad Responsibility for Service Failures
C. Michael Loftus
Western Coal Traffic League Winter Meeting
Phoenix, Arizona, February 17-20, 1998

Who Should Pay for Agency Adjudication?
A Study of $200,000 Filing Fees at the Surface Transportation Board, 25 Transp. L.J. 57 (1997).
By Peter A. Pfohl

Surface Transportation Board Role in Performance Oversight
C. Michael Loftus
Edison Electric Institute General Subject Area Committee
Washington, DC, November 2-4, 1997

Rail Transportation of Waste -- The Legal Landscape
C. Michael Loftus
RailHaul '97 sponsored by Resource Recovery Report
Arlington, VA, September 30-October 1, 1997

Break the Bottleneck. Recent Decisions Ensure That Bottleneck Rates Remain a Problem on the Rails.
Legal Times, August 18, 1997
By Kelvin J. Dowd and Robert D. Rosenberg

Competition in the Railroad Industry
Christopher A. Mills
Eastern Fuel Buyers
Conference Williamsburg, VA, May 6, 1997

Customer Concerns About Decreasing Competition Within the Railroad Industry
Christopher A. Mills
Salomon Brothers Railroad Dynamics Seminar
New York, NY, April 8, 1997

Lowering Coal Transportation Prices: The Rail Construction Option and a Brief Discussion of the STB's Bottleneck Case Decision
John H. LeSeur
Western Coal Transportation Association 1997 Spring Meeting
Tucson, AZ, April 1, 1997

Who Wins in a Competitive Power Market: Gas? Coal? Or Rail and Mining Interests?
Mergers and Consolidations in the coal and railroad industries threaten to undermine savings from electric deregulation.
Public Utilities Fortnightly, April 1, 1997 (Vol. 135, No. 7)
By Robert D. Rosenberg

What Coal Shippers Need to Know About the Proposed Conrail-CSX Merger and Norfolk Southern's Response
Christopher A. Mills
Conference on the Proposed Conrail-CSX Merger and Norfolk Southern's Response sponsored by Fieldston Company, Inc.
Washington, D.C., March 6-7, 1997

Managing a Sound Rail Transportation Strategy
Kelvin J. Dowd
Inventory Control & Supply Chain Management Seminar
Atlanta, GA, January 29-30, 1997

Examining the Impact of ICC Sunset Legislation and Railroad Mergers on Fuel Management.
Fuel Management for Competitive Power Generation -- Selected Papers
Publication No. EPRITR-107639, December, 1996.
By C. Michael Loftus

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