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PHILLIPS TOWING SERVICE, INC. v. BUSHNELL

No. 89 C 881.

719 F.Supp. 1428 (1989)

PHILLIPS TOWING SERVICE, INC., Lincoln Towing Service, Inc., Second City Towing, Inc., Rokaitis Industries, Inc., Red's Auto Body Shop, Inc., Lakeshore Towing, Inc., William Brown d/b/a D & E Towing Service, The New C & L Towing Service, Inc., Rendered Services, Inc., Star, Inc., Blue Knight Towing, Inc., Al Piecul d/b/a George's Towing, and Suburban Towing, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. Mary B. BUSHNELL, Andrew C. Barrett, Ruth K. Kretschmer, Susan C. Stone, Calvin K. Manshio, Raymond G. Romero, and Paul G. Foran, in their official capacities as Commissioners of the Illinois Commerce Commission, Defendants.

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

August 18, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald S. Rothschild and Mark C. Gross, Donald S. Rothschild & Associates, Ltd., Oak Park, Ill., for plaintiffs.

Edward P. O'Brien and Myra L. Karegianes, Illinois Commerce Com'n, Chicago, Ill., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BRIAN BARNETT DUFF, District Judge.

A federal judge witnesses incredible things before his bench. He sees the lowly become mighty, and the mighty turn plaintive. Before this court presently are fourteen Northeastern Illinois car towing companies. They are not in the business of rescuing motorists who become stranded on this state's highways. Rather, they are engaged in what those not learned in the law often call piracy: they tow away...

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