In re BURLINGTON NORTHERN, INC., Burlington Northern Railroad Co., Union Pacific Corp., Union Pacific Railroad Co., Missouri Pacific Railroad Co., Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc., Kansas City Southern Railway Co. & Chicago & North Western Transportation Co., Petitioners.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
July 14, 1987.
Rehearing and Rehearing Denied August 12, 1987.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Gregg H. Levy, Mitchell F. Dolin, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., and B.J. Bradshaw, Richard N. Carrell, Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, Tex., for Union Pacific Corp., Union Pacific R. Co. and Missouri Pacific R. Co.
Mark F. Horning, John R. Labovitz, Washington, D.C., and W.T. Womble, Patricia Hair, Houston, Tex., for Burlington Northern, Inc. and Burlington Northern R. Co.
John H. Shenefield, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Washington, D.C., for Kansas City Southern Inc. and Kansas City Southern R. Co.
Gary Senner, Steven H. Frankel, Sonnenschein, Carlin, Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago, Ill., for Chicago & North Western Transp. Co.
John L. Murchison, Jr., Harry M. Reasoner, Vinson & Elkins, Houston, Texas, Michael J. Henke, C. Michael Buxton, Vinson & Elkins, Washington, D.C., Gilbert I. Low, Orgain, Bell & Tucker, Beaumont, Texas for ETSI.
Charles W. Lane, III, Howard E. Sinor, Jr., Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, La., for Arkansas Power & Light Co. and Utility Fuels, Inc.
Ralph S. Carrigan, Rufus W. Oliver, III, Baker & Botts, Houston, Tex., for Houston Lighting & Power Company.
Harold P. Degenhardt, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Dallas, Tex., for Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe.
Robert M. Spire, Atty. Gen., State of Neb., and Leroy W. Sievers, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lincoln, Neb., for State of Neb. (Dept. of Justice).
Eliza Ovrom, Asst. Atty. Gen., Des Moines, Iowa, for State of Iowa.
Curtis Thompson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., for State of Mo.
Before BROWN, REAVLEY and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied August 12, 1987.
REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:
The plaintiffs in this antitrust suit claim that the defendant railroads conspired to prevent construction of a coal slurry pipeline. Contending, among other things, that the railroads accomplished their anticompetitive goal through filing and defending certain lawsuits, the plaintiffs seek discovery of documents relating to those lawsuits. The railroads resist discovery on the...
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