PEOPLE OF STATE OF ILL. v. CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORP.

No. 78-2292.

589 F.2d 1327 (1978)

PEOPLE of the STATE OF ILLINOIS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 29, 1978.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied January 25, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon P. MacDougall, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Laurence Z. Shiekman, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant-appellee.

Before FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge, and PELL and BAUER, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied January 25, 1979.

PELL, Circuit Judge.

The question presented by this appeal is, in large part, procedural. The defendant, Consolidated Rail Corporation (ConRail) is attempting to discontinue its rail passenger service between Chicago, Illinois, and Valparaiso, Indiana. The plaintiffs are attempting to prevent its doing so. The specific issue involved is whether ConRail is entitled to discontinue this particular passenger...

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