Legal Opinion
Illinois v. Interstate Commerce Commission
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 5, 1983No. 82-2235PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The Staggers Rail Act of 1980 has placed tight time limits on proceedings before the Interstate Commerce Commission to abandon railroad lines; and the most important issue raised by this petition to review an order of the ICC authorizing the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad to abandon a 31-mile line between Clinton and New Holland, Illinois is whether the Commission, in its zeal to expedite the proceeding, denied the opponents of the abandonment (principally shippers) due process of law.
The Act creates three categories of abandonment: the unprotested application, which the…
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