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ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES

No. 65 C 1393.

263 F.Supp. 421 (1967)

ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY, Monon Railroad and St. Louis Southwestern Ry., Plaintiff and Intervening Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Interstate Commerce Commission, Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad, Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company and Leon Leighton, Defendants and Intervening Defendants.

United States District Court N. D. Illinois, E. D.

Judgment Affirmed January 9, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. O'Brien, Jr., Chicago, Ill., for Illinois Central R. R.

Fritz R. Kahn, Washington, D. C., for Interstate Commerce Commission.

Edward V. Hanrahan, U. S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., Thurgood Marshall, Sol. Gen., Washington, D. C., for the United States.

James W. Hoeland, Lousiville, Ky., Harry R. Begley, Chicago, Ill., for Louisville & Nashville R. R.

Leon Leighton, New York City, pro se.

Albert E. Jenner, Jr., Thomas P. Sullivan and John C. Tucker, Chicago, Ill., William R. McDowell, Dallas, Tex., M. M. Hennelly and Gilbert P. Strelinger, St. Louis, Mo., Donald J. O'Brien, Jr., Chicago, Ill., for Missouri Pacific R. R.

John B. Goodrich, James H. Hawk, Robert Thorsen, Chicago, Ill., for Monon R. R.

W. McNeil Kennedy and Herbert S. Wander, Chicago, Ill., for Chicago & Eastern Illinois R. R.

Nuel D. Belnap, Richard M. Freeman and Daniel J. Sweeney, Chicago, Ill., for St. Louis Southwestern Ry.

Before SCHNACKENBERG, Circuit Judge, CAMPBELL, Chief District Judge, and DECKER, District Judge.

Judgment Affirmed January 9, 1967. See 87 S.Ct. 612.

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...

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