Legal Opinion
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company v. The United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Elcor Corporation, Intervenor-Respondent
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 17, 1980No. 79-1256PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company (Mo-Pac) appeals a ruling of the Interstate Commerce Commission denying MoPac’s request to abandon a 27.2 mile spur line in a remote area of western Texas.
The spur line in question was built in 1968 at a cost of over 3.5 million dollars. The line was constructed for the sole purpose of providing service to the Elcor Corporation’s “Rock House” plant, which was designed to recover sulphur from gypsum. Elcor shared in the expense of the construction of the line. The Rock House plant closed shortly after opening, however, and only 48 carloads…
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