QUINCY COLLEGE & SEM. CORP. v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN, INC.

No. 71 C 992.

328 F.Supp. 808 (1971)

QUINCY COLLEGE AND SEMINARY CORPORATION, etc., et al., Plaintiffs, v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN, INC., et al., Defendants.

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

June 21, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Harte, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

John E. Robson, David P. List, James L. Marovitz and Merle L. Royce, II, Leibman, Williams, Bennett, Baird & Minow, Chicago, Ill., for defendant National Railroad Passenger Corp.

R. T. Cubbage, T. G. Schuster and R. M. Gleason, Chicago, Ill., for defendant Burlington Northern.

Keith E. Roberts, Chicago, Ill., and Gordon P. MacDougall, Washington, D. C., intervenor, M. F. Radrizzi.

Before CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge, and PERRY and DECKER, District Judges.


DECKER, District Judge.

This is an action for declaratory and injunctive relief arising out of the discontinuance by the Burlington Northern Railroad of two trains operating between Chicago, Illinois and West Quincy, Missouri.

Plaintiffs are various charitable and municipal corporations which purport to represent all citizens of Macomb and Quincy, Illinois who are affected by the termination of railway service to and from Chicago. Until recently, defendant...

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