Legal Opinion
City of Cherokee v. Interstate Commerce Commission
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 17, 1982No. 81-1607PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
This matter arises in connection with abandonment proceedings previously reviewed by this Court. See City of Cherokee v. ICC, 641 F.2d 1220 (8th Cir. 1981). The Illinois Central Gulf Railroad (ICG) seeks to abandon service on a 96-mile branch line between Cherokee, Iowa, and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. ICG’s abandonment application was initially denied by an administrative law judge who found that “public convenience and necessity” supported continued service on the line and that, under applicable cost accounting standards, the line made a positive contribution to ICG’s…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Wichita Board of TradeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Southern Railway Co. v. Seaboard Allied Milling Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Consolidated Rail Corporation v. National Assn. of Recycling Industries, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
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