Legal Opinion
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 20, 1980No. Nos. 79-2461, 79-2478PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.
The issue in these consolidated petitions for review is whether the Interstate Commerce Commission (“the Commission”) properly exercised its emergency powers under section 11123 of the Interstate Commerce Act (“the Act”), 49 U.S.C. § 11123, when it authorized the St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company (SSW) to operate temporarily over 965 miles of track owned by the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company (Rock Island) which is bankrupt. Petitioner railroads and the Railroad Labor Executives Association (“RLEA”) contend that the Commission exceeded its statutory…
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