Legal Opinion
Illinois Central Railroad Company v. United States
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided January 9, 1967No. 65 C 1393PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECKER, District Judge.
Illinois Central Railroad (“IC”) brings this suit to set aside an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission (“Commission”). Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 2284 and 2321-2325 the matter was tried before a three-judge court. The order, under § 5(2) of the Interstate Commerce Act, 49 U.S.C. § 5(2), authorized the Missouri Pacific Railroad (“MoPac”) to acquire control of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad (“Eastern”), with the condition that Eastern then negotiate to sell to the Louisville & Nashville Railroad (“L&N”) the Eastern Evansville line. The St. Louis Southwestern…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- United States v. Pierce Auto Freight Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Virginian Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Mississippi Valley Barge Line Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. City of Jersey CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- McLean Trucking Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Southern Railway Company and Central of Georgia Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Lamoille Valley Railroad Company v. Interstate Commerce Commission and United States of America, Guilford Transportation Industries, Inc., Robert W. Meserve and Benjamin H. Lacy, Trustees of the Property of Boston and Maine Corporation, Debtor, Eastern Magnesia Talc Company, State of Vermont, Intervenors. Providence and Worcester Railroad Company v. Interstate Commerce Commission and United States of America, Guilford Transportation Industries, Inc., Robert W. Meserve and Benjamin H. Lacy, Trustees of the Property of Boston and Maine Corporation, Debtor, State of Vermont, Intervenors. State of Vermont v. Interstate Commerce Commission and United States of America, Guilford Transportation Industries, Inc., Robert W. Meserve, Intervenors. Canadian National Railway Company, Central Vermont Railway, Inc., Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company and Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad Company v. Interstate Commerce Commission and United States of America, Robert W. Meserve and Benjamin H. Lacy, Trustees of the Property of Boston and Maine Corporation, Debtor, IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983
- Interstate Investors, Inc. v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1968
- Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. United StatesDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1968
- Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad v. United StatesDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1968
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