Legal Opinion
The Chlorine Institute, Inc. v. Soo Line Railroad
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 2, 2015No. 14-2346PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BYE, Circuit Judge.
The Chlorine Institute, Inc., the American Chemistry Council, the Fertilizer Institute, Erco Worldwide, and PVS Chemicals (collectively “Appellants”) filed this suit seeking to enjoin Soo Line Railroad, d/b/a Canadian Pacific Railway Company (“CP”) from imposing a requirement that any toxic inhalation hazard (“TIH”) 1 materials transported- on CP’s railways be transported in normalized steel rail cars. 2 Under the doctrine of primary jurisdiction, the district court 3 held the Surface Transportation Board (“STB”) should address whether CP’s requirement is reasonable in the…
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