BLOOMER SHPRS. ASS'N v. ILL. CENT. GULF R. CO.

No. 80-2517.

655 F.2d 772 (1981)

BLOOMER SHIPPERS ASSOCIATION, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 28, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Curl, Danville, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Joseph W. Phebus, Urbana, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS, Chief Judge, CUDAHY, Circuit Judge, and MAROVITZ, Senior District Judge.


CUMMINGS, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal from a district court order granting summary judgment in favor of defendant Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Company (Illinois Central) on plaintiffs' claims under the Interstate Commerce Act (49 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.) and dismissing for failure to state a cause of action plaintiffs' claims under Section 1 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871 (42 U.S.C. § 1983). We affirm.

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