Legal Opinion
Simmons v. Interstate Commerce Commission
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 7, 1989No. Nos. 87-2058, 87-3117 and 88-1998PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
Patrick Simmons, Illinois Legislative Director of the United Transportation Union, petitions for review of a series of orders of the Interstate Commerce Commission (the “ICC” or “Commission”). The ICC’s decisions involve the railway acquisitions and operations of KNRECO, Inc., which operates under the name Keokuk Junction Railway (“KJ”).
KJ first entered the railroad industry in 1981, when it purchased four miles of abandoned track from the bankruptcy trustee of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (the “Rock Island”). On August 26, 1981, KJ filed a notice of…
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