Legal Opinion

Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad v. Soo Line Railroad

District Court, N.D. Illinois

Decided June 25, 1973No. 65 C 2217PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

*869MEMORANDUM AND OPINION CONCERNING CERTAIN DAMAGE ISSUES

ROBSON, Chief Judge.

This litigation arises from the collapse of one span of a railroad bridge over the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal owned by the plaintiff railroads on June 19, 1964.1 2Previous rulings of this court have limited plaintiffs’ claims for damages to those arising from the Track-age Agreement (Agreement) between the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Company (IHB) and the predecessor of the Soo Line Railroad Company (Soo), dated November 20, 1959. In particular, paragraph Fifth (c) of the Agreement has been held to govern this…

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