IA. POWER & LIGHT CO. v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN, INC.

Nos. 79-1676, 80-1914, 80-1915 and 80-1959.

647 F.2d 796 (1981)

IOWA POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY, a Corporation, Appellant, v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN, INC., a Corporation, Appellee. IOWA POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY, Petitioner, v. INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents, and Burlington Northern, Inc., Intervenor-Respondent (two cases). BURLINGTON NORTHERN, INC., Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Respondents, Iowa Power and Light Company, Intervenor-Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 27, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Curtis H. Berg, Alan R. Post, St. Paul, Minn., Howard J. Trienens, Richard J. Metzger, Chicago, Ill., Albert E. Schoenbeck, St. Louis, Mo., R. Eden Martin, Richard E. Young, Washington, D. C., for Railroad petitioner.

Lynn K. Vorbrich, Curtis L. Ritland, Iowa Power and Light Co., Des Moines, Iowa, John M. Cleary, Frederic L. Wood, Nicholas J. DiMichael, Donelan, Cleary, Wood & Maser, P. C., Washington, D. C., William E. Franke, Clayton, Mo., for Iowa Power and Light.

Sanford M. Litvack, Asst. Atty. Gen., John J. Powers, III, Kenneth P. Kolson, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Richard A. Allen, Kathleen M. Dollar, Deputy Associate General Counsel, Evelyn G. Kitay, Atty., Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, D. C., for ICC and United States.

Thomas L. Croft, St. Louis, Mo., W. Don Brittin, Jr., Randall G. Horstmann, Des Moines, Iowa, Louis A. Harris, St. Paul, Minn., for Burlington Northern; Coburn, Croft & Putzell, St. Louis, Mo., Nyemaster, Goode, McLaughlin, Emery & O'Brien, Des Moines, Iowa, of counsel.

John M. Cleary, Frederic L. Wood, Nicholas J. DiMichael, Donelan, Cleary, Wood & Maser, Washington, D. C., William E. Franke, Clayton, Mo., Lynn K. Vorbrich, Curtis L. Ritland, Iowa Power & Light Co., Des Moines, Iowa, John A. McClintock, David L. Brown, Hansen, McClintock & Riley, Des Moines, Iowa, for Iowa Power & Light Co.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, and ROSS and HENLEY, Circuit Judges.


HENLEY, Circuit Judge.

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