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VILLAGE OF DOLTON EX REL. WINTER v. CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.

No. 1-88-1153.

196 Ill. App.3d 564 (1990)

554 N.E.2d 440

THE VILLAGE OF DOLTON ex rel. L.M. WINTER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (5th Division).

Opinion filed March 30, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis, Overbeck & Furman, of Chicago (James R. Gannon and Paul V. Esposito, of counsel), for appellants.

Timothy J. Szwed, of Gasperec & Szwed, Ltd., of Homewood (Don A. Moore and Nancy A. Halas, of counsel), for appellee.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (James E. Weging, Special Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, of counsel), for amicus curiae.

Judgment reversed.

JUSTICE LORENZ delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal arises from judgments in consolidated actions against railroad carriers CSX Transportation, Inc., and The Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad Company for obstructing railroad-highway grade crossings located in the Village of Dolton (Village) in violation of a Village ordinance.

We reverse.

In separate quasi-criminal complaints, CSX Transportation, Inc...

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