Sorensen v. Chicago & North Western Transportation Co.

This case stems from the merger in 1968 of the Chicago Great Western Railway Company into the Chicago and North Western Railway Company. The defendant-appellee is the company that resulted from the merger; plaintiff-appellants are employees or former employees of the defendant who claim that they have been denied certain of the protections afforded them, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 5(2)(f), by the ICC orders approving the merger and a subsequent protective agreement entered into by their union and the defendant. The district court granted defendant’s motion for summary judgment as to both of the…