Legal Opinion
Simmons v. Interstate Commerce Commission
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 22, 1985No. Nos. 83-2791, 84-1795PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
We consider two consolidated petitions, one by Patrick Simmons, the other by the State of Illinois, to set aside and remand two Interstate Commerce Commission (“Commission”) decisions concerning a proposed abandonment in Central Illinois by the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Company (“ICG”) of 148.89 miles of track and the proposed, but never consummated sale of major segments of this tract to another railroad, Freeport & El Paso Railroad Company (“F & EP”).
Petition No. 83-2791, filed by Patrick Simmons October 7, 1983,1 challenges the ICC’s Certificate and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Missouri Pacific Railroad Company v. The United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Elcor Corporation, Intervenor-RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
3Cited by1 opinion
- Patrick W. Simmons v. Interstate Commerce Commission and United States of America, Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Co., Freeport & El Paso Railroad Co., People of the State of Illinois and Illinois Commerce Commission, Intervening-Respondents. People of the State of Illinois v. Interstate Commerce Commission and United States of America, Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Co., Intervening-RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985