Legal Opinion

Simmons v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided January 28, 1983No. 82-1153PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PELL, Circuit Judge.

We are presented with a challenge to an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) granting the application of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B & O) to abandon a section of track between Flora, Illinois and Sangamon Junction, Illinois (Flora line). The decision of the ICC followed our remand in the case in a decision holding the Commission’s earlier approval of the abandonment application arbitrary and capricious. Illinois v. United States, 666 F.2d 1066 (7th Cir.1981).

This case comes to us in an unusual posture. Six parties had petitioned for review of the…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. VolpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Bowman Transportation, Inc. v. Arkansas-Best Freight System, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
  4. Federal Communications Commission v. Pottsville Broadcasting Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
  5. Federal Communications Commission v. SchreiberSupreme Court of the United States · 1965

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Afram Export Corporation, a Wisconsin Corporation v. Metallurgiki Halyps, S.A., a Foreign CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
  2. Central States Enterprises, Inc. v. Interstate Commerce Commission and United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
  3. Julian Chapman v. U.S. Commodity Futures Trading CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
  4. Illinois v. Interstate Commerce CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
  5. Contrail Leasing Partners, Ltd., Cross-Appellant v. Consolidated Airways, Inc., Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984

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