Mobil Oil Corp. v. Interstate Commerce Commission

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge MacKINNON.

MacKINNON, Circuit Judge:

Two railroads, the Burlington Northern, Inc. (Burlington) and the Chicago and North Western Transportation Company (North Western), were authorized jointly in a 1976 decision (1976 Decision) of the Interstate Commerce Commission (the Commission) to construct and operate a “joint line” of track from the southern terminus of Burlington’s track at Coal Creek Junction, Wyoming, south of Gillette, to a point about 100 miles further south to connect with the North Western’s existing east-west line at Shawnee, Wyoming…