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ALLIANCE FOR CLEAN COAL v. CRAIG

No. 93 C 4391.

840 F.Supp. 554 (1993)

ALLIANCE FOR CLEAN COAL, a Virginia not-for-profit corporation, Plaintiff, v. Ellen C. CRAIG, Terrence L. Barnich, William M. Dickson, Ruth K. Kretschmer, Karl A. McDermott, Lynn M. Shishido-Topel and David S. Williams, in their official capacities as, respectively, Chairman and Commissioners of the Illinois Commerce Commission, Defendants.

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

December 15, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald Owen Sweeney, Jr., Damon N. Vocke, R.R. McMahan, Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff.

John W. McCaffrey, Asst. Atty. Gen., Edward P. O'Brien, Asst. Atty. Gen., Roland W. Burris, Atty. Gen., Chicago, IL, for defendants, E. Craig, T. Barnich, W. Dickson, R. Kretschmer, K. McDermott, L. Shishido-Topel, D. Williams.

Owen Eliot MacBride, Robert D. Campbell, Eric Lewis Lohrenz, Schiff, Hardin & Waite, Chicago, IL, for Ruth K. Kretschmer, defendant, and Illinois Power Co., amicus curiae.

Barbara J. Hillman, Michael H. Holland, Cornfield and Feldman, Chicago, IL, for Karl A. McDermott, defendant, and United Mine Workers of America, amicus curiae.

Edgar N. James, Holly B. Fechner, Guerrieri, Edmond & James, Washington, DC, for Karl A. McDermott.

Georgene M. Wilson, Sweeney & Ryman, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for State of Montana and State of Wyo., amicus curiae.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

CONLON, District Judge.

The Alliance for Clean Coal ("the alliance") sues the Illinois Commerce Commission ("the commission") and the members of the commission in their official capacities (collectively "the state"). The alliance contends that the Illinois Coal Act, 220 ILCS 5/8-402.1 ("the coal act"), creates barriers to interstate commerce on its face and in effect. The alliance...

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