Legal Opinion

Illinois Central Railroad Company v. Michael Belcher

District Court, N.D. Indiana

Decided February 11, 2026No. 2:22-cv-00353Unknown

1Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA HAMMOND DIVISION ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD ) COMPANY, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) CAUSE NO. 2:22-CV-353-PPS ) MICHAEL BELCHER, ) ) Defendant. ) OPINION AND ORDER Defendant, Michael Belcher, created a computer program called the Program Management Application (“PMA”) to give him a leg up performing his job at Illinois Central Railroad Company (“IC”) in the finance department. The program became hugely popular and widely used by IC’s employees for years. But chaos erupted when Belcher was investigated for an inappropriate relationship with…

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