Klopf v. Illinois Commerce Commission

This appeal is concerned with the disposition of 32 miles of former right-of-way owned by the Chicago and North Western Transportation Company, a railroad public utility. After hearings, the Illinois Commerce Commission determined that the purported sale of the property to representatives of landowners adjoining it without prior Commission approval was void. The Commission refused to approve that sale and, further, authorized the Illinois Department of Conservation to seek to acquire a portion of the property by purchase or condemnation. On appeal to the circuit court the decision of the…