ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RY. CO. v. PENA

Nos. 93-1505, 93-2378, and 93-2712.

29 F.3d 324 (1994)

The ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY, Burlington Northern Railroad Company, Consolidated Rail Corporation, CSX Transportation, Inc., Illinois Central Railroad Company, Norfolk Southern Railway Company, Norfolk & Western Railway Company, Southern Pacific Transportation Company, and Union Pacific Railroad Company, Petitioners, v. Federico PENA, Secretary of Transportation, et al., Respondents, and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and United Transportation Union, Intervening Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 13, 1994.

Order Granting Suggestion for Rehearing and Vacating Opinion August 30, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Knapp, Lawrence M. Stroik, W. Douglas Werner, Fort Worth, TX, Ronald M. Johnson (argued), Mark V. Holden, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Washington, DC, Guy Vitello, Schaumburg, IL, for Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Ry. Co.

Thomas J. Knapp, Lawrence M. Stroik, W. Douglas Werner, Fort Worth, TX, Ronald M. Johnson, Mark V. Holden, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Washington, DC, for Burlington Northern R. Co., Southern Pacific Transp. Co.

Thomas J. Knapp, Lawrence M. Stroik, W. Douglas Werner, Fort Worth, TX, Ronald M. Johnson, Mark V. Holden, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Washington, DC, John B. Rossi, Jr., Andrew P. Cocoran, Consolidated Rail Corp., Philadelphia, PA, for Consolidated Rail Corp.

Thomas J. Knapp, Lawrence M. Stroik, W. Douglas Werner, Fort Worth, TX, Ronald M. Johnson, Mark V. Holden, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Washington, DC, James D. Tomola, CSX Transp., Inc., Jacksonville, FL, for CSX Transp., Inc.

Thomas J. Knapp, Lawrence M. Stroik, W. Douglas Werner, Fort Worth, TX, Ronald M. Johnson, Mark V. Holden, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Washington, DC, Ronald A. Lane, Illinois Cent. R. Co., Chicago, IL, for Illinois Cent. R. Co.

Thomas J. Knapp, Lawrence M. Stroik, W. Douglas Werner, Fort Worth, TX, Ronald M. Johnson, Mark V. Holden, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Washington, DC, William P. Stallsmith, Jr., Norfolk Southern Corp., Norfolk, VA, for Norfolk Southern R. Co., and Norfolk & Western R. Co.

Thomas J. Knapp, Lawrence M. Stroik, W. Douglas Werner, Fort Worth, TX, Ronald M. Johnson, Mark V. Holden, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Washington, DC, Brenda J. Council, Union Pacific R. Co., Omaha, NE, for Union Pacific R. Co.

John F. Daly (argued), Malcolm L. Stewart, Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Appellate Section, Rosalind A. Knapp, Dept. of Transp., Washington, DC, for Federico Rena.

S. Mark Lindsey, pro se.

John F. Daly, Malcolm L. Stewart, S. Mark Lindsey, David Herbert Kasminoff, Daniel C. Smith, Billie Ann Stultz, Federal R.R. Admin., Office of the Chief Counsel, Washington, DC, for Federal R.R. Admin.

Lawrence M. Mann, Alper & Mann, Washington, DC, for Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, United Transp. Union.

Janet Reno, U.S. Atty. Gen., John F. Daly (argued), Malcolm L. Stewart, Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Appellate Section, Rosalind A. Knapp, Dept. of Transp., David Herbert Kasminoff, Daniel C. Smith, Billie Ann Stultz, Federal R.R. Admin., Office of the Chief Counsel, Lawrence M. Mann, Steven M. Weisbaum, Alper & Mann, Washington, DC, for National Transp. Safety Bd., Grady C. Cothen, Federal R.R. Admin.

Before BAUER and MANION, Circuit Judges, and GILBERT, Chief District Judge.


Order Granting Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc and Vacating Opinion August 30, 1994.

GILBERT, Chief District Judge.

The petitioners bring this petition for review of orders of the Federal Railroad Administration (the "FRA") changing its interpretation of the Hours of Service Act, 45 U.S.C. §§ 61-64 (the "HSA" or the "Act"), to provide that time spent waiting by a train crew, which has been relieved from...

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