MISSOURI-KANSAS-TEXAS RAILROAD COMPANY, Petitioner,
v.
UNITED STATES of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Respondent.
RAILWAY LABOR EXECUTIVES' ASSOCIATION, Petitioner,
v.
UNITED STATES of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Respondents.
PEOPLE OF the STATE OF ILLINOIS, Illinois Commerce Commission, Patrick W.
Simmons and M. S. Stuckey, Petitioners,
v.
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
November 24, 1980.
November 24, 1980.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
William A. Thie, Dallas, Tex., Harry G. Silleck, Jr., New York City, Gerard M. Dillon, New Orleans, La., for Missouri-Kansas-Texas R. Co.
C. H. Peterson, Minneapolis, Minn., for Soo Line R.R. Co.
William J. Scott, Atty. Gen., Hercules F. Bolos, James E. Weging, Chicago, Ill., Gordon P. MacDougall, Washington, D.C., for People of the State of Illinois, et al.
Robert L. Redfearn, Brian, Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn, New Orleans, La., Arthur J. Cerra, Stinson, Mag & Fizzell, Kansas City, Mo., for Board of Trade of Kansas City, Mo., Inc.
Benjamin Civiletti, Atty. Gen., Barry Grossman, James H. Laskey, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for United States of America.
Henri F. Rush, Richard A. Allen, Denise O'Brien, Louis E. Gitomer, Lawrence H. Richmond, I.C.C., Washington, D.C., for Interstate Commerce Commission.
Martin M. Lucente, Christian L. Campbell, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, Ill., John F. Whitney, Paul M. Haygood, New Orleans, La., G. Paul Moates, Washington, D.C., for Burlington Northern & St. Louis-San Francisco.
Highsaw, Mahoney & Friedman, P. C., John O'Brien Clarke, Jr., Washington, D.C., Barker, Boudreaux, Lang, Gardner & Foley, New Orleans, La., for RLEA.
Before THORNBERRY, GEE and REAVLEY, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:
In late 1977 Burlington Northern, Inc. (BN) and the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company (Frisco) applied to the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC or the Commission) for authorization to merge pursuant to 49 U.S.C. §§ 11343 and 11344.1 The Commission authorized the merger in a decision rendered in March 1980. No party to the proceeding sought administrative...
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