Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad v. Chicago Union Station Co.

PRESIDING JUSTICE FITZGERALD SMITH

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant Chicago Union Station Company, an Illinois corporation, appeals from an order of the circuit court denying its motions to compel arbitration and to dismiss the expedited application for a stay of arbitration brought by plaintiff Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation, d/b/a METRA, a public corporation (plaintiff or Metra), and granting the stay of arbitration sought by Metra. On appeal, defendant contends that the court improperly found that it had waived its right to arbitration and that…