Legal Opinion
Association of American Railroads v. Surface Transportation Board
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 30, 2001No. Nos. 99-1354 & 99-1355PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge KAREN LeCRAFT HENDERSON.
KAREN LeCRAFT HENDERSON:
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) and Union Pacific Railroad Company (Union Pacific) challenge a Surface Transportation Board (STB) rulemaking which altered the Board’s guidelines for finding that a particular rail carrier enjoys “market dominance,” a statutory prerequisite to hearing a railroad rate challenge. Before the rulemaking the guidelines required that the Board, in making the market dominance determination, consider both “direct” competition to the challenged carrier, by shippers…
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