Association of American Railroads v. United States Department of Transportation
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
721 F.3d 666 (2013)
Relevant factsFree
Congress's PRIIA gave Amtrak, a corporation Congress expressly created as for-profit, joint authority with the FRA (defendant) to create binding performance standards affecting freight-train priority; AAR (plaintiff) challenged this joint-authority arrangement as an unconstitutional delegation of regulatory power to a private entity.
IssueFree
Whether, under administrative law, Congress may delegate joint regulatory authority to a federal agency and a private corporation.