CENTRAL ILL. LIGHT CO. v. COMMERCE COM.

No. 72-111.

10 Ill. App.3d 379 (1973)

294 N.E.2d 96

CENTRAL ILLINOIS LIGHT COMPANY et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. COMMERCE COMMISSION, Defendant-Appellant — (ALTON and SOUTHERN RAILROAD et al., Defendants-Appellants.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

March 15, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Chicago, and Westervelt Johnson, Nicoll & Keller, of Peoria, (John Doeringer, of counsel,) for appellants.

C.V. O'Hern, of O'Hern, O'Hern & Wombacher, of Peoria, for appellees.


Judgment reversed.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE STOUDER delivered the opinion of the court:

The Alton and Southern Railroad together with forty four other railroads (hereinafter referred to as railroads) sought approval of tariff schedule 259B by the Illinois Commerce Commission, the schedule representing a general increase in Illinois intrastate freight rates. Tariff schedule 259B superseded 259A the general increase in rates of from 3 to 7 percent included those...

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