Legal Opinion
Interstate Commerce Commission v. Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 27, 1974No. 73-1920PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
This litigation might be considered another chapter in the saga of the vanishing American railroads. Due to an abandonment of approximately 39 miles of track by the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company (the Rock Island), the residents of Gladstone, Gilead, Hebron, Deshler and Ruskin, Nebraska, no longer have to “stop, look, and listen” before crossing the Rock Island’s Ruskin line. More importantly in terms of the statutory scheme embodied in the Interstate Commerce Act, 1 shippers have been forced to turn to alternate methods of transporting goods due to…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Yakus v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- United States v. Western Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Abilene Cotton Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. Merchants Elevator Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Thompson v. Texas Mexican Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Chicago & North Western Transportation Co. v. Kalo Brick & Tile Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Jack O. Black v. Interstate Commerce Commission and United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1985
- Melinda Birt v. Surface Transportation Board, Union Pacific Railroad Company and City of Nampa, Idaho, IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1996
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Baltimore & Annapolis RailroadDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1975
- MATTER OF VALUATION PROCEEDINGS UNDER §§ 303 (C) & 306Special Court under the Regional Rail Reorganization Act · 1977
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