Chicago & North Western Transportation Co. v. Illinois Commerce Commission

The circuit court of Cook County, in an action for administrative review (111. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 110, par. 3 — 101 et seq.), affirmed a series of orders by the defendant Illinois Commerce Commission (the Commission), dismissing plaintiff Chicago and North Western Transportation Company’s (CNW’s) petition for apportionment of the cost of the removal of five abandoned railroad bridges. This appeal followed. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

The facts are not in dispute. In 1985, CNW abandoned a 2.6-mile rail line running through Evanston and Skokie, Illinois. The line included seven…