Iowa RCO Ass'n v. Illinois Commerce Commission

Pursuant to section 55 of the Public Utilities Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 1112/3, par. 56), Northern Pipe Line Company of Delaware, Inc. (Northern), filed a petition with the Illinois Commerce Commission (Commission) on October 7, 1977, requesting a certificate of public convenience and necessity to construct and operate a 200-mile-long crude-oil pipeline running from Wood River, Illinois, to Pine Bend, Minnesota. The Commission granted the petition and Iowa RCO Association (RCO), the only objector at the Commission hearing, appealed to the circuit court of Greene County which entered an…