Chicago Great Western Railway Co. v. Illinois Commerce Commission ex rel. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen

Appellant seeks the reversal of a judgment of the circuit court of Du Page County, affirming an order of the Illinois Commerce Commission requiring appellant to furnish additional rear-end flagman protection on certain of its passenger trains operated in Illinois.

The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, a voluntary association, by its State Legislative Representative, filed a complaint with the Illinois Commerce Commission alleging that appellant railway company is a public utility and as such subject to the provisions of an act to provide for the regulation of public utilities; that the duties…