Legal Opinion
Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen v. Interstate Commerce Commission
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 21, 1995No. 94-3877PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
This petition to review the decision by the Interstate Commerce Commission in New England Central R.R., Inc., Finance Dkt. No. 32432, Dec. 9, 1994, requires us to revisit an esoteric body of regulatory law that was before us last year in Fox Valley & Western Ltd. v. ICC, 15 F.3d 641 (7th Cir.1994). As we explained in that opinion, there are two possible statutes under which the Commission can approve the acquisition of a railroad. One is 49 U.S.C. § 10901(a)(3), which applies to the acquisition of “an extended or additional railroad line” by either a “rail carrier” or —…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Paul H. Frazell v. E.K. FlaniganCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
- Brotherhood Of Railroad Signalmen v. Interstate Commerce CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995