1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.3d
  4. 95 F.3d
  5. 95 F.3d 1359 (1996)
 

WISCONSIN CENT. LTD. v. PUBLIC SERV. COM'N OF WIS.

No. 96-1759.

95 F.3d 1359 (1996)

WISCONSIN CENTRAL LIMITED, an Illinois corporation, Fox Valley & Western Limited, an Illinois corporation, Union Pacific Railroad Company, a Utah corporation, Soo Line Railroad Company d/b/a CP Rail System, a Minnesota corporation, and Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific Railroad d/b/a CN North America, a Minnesota corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF WISCONSIN, a Wisconsin administrative agency, Cheryl L. Parrino, Scott A. Neitzel, and Daniel J. Eastman, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 13, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Fletcher (argued), James D. Helenhouse, Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly, Chicago, IL, for Wisconsin Cent. Ltd., Fox Valley & Western Ltd., Union Pacific R. Co., Soo Line R. Co., Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific Ry. Co.

Steven Levine (argued), Steven M. Schur, Public Service Com'n of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, for Public Service Com'n, Cheryl L. Parrino, Scott A. Neitzel, Daniel J. Eastman.

William P. Croke, Quale, Feldbruegge, Calvelli, Thom & Croke, Milwaukee, WI, for Wisconsin Utilities Ass'n, Inc., Amicus Curiae.

Before COFFEY, MANION, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs, railroads doing business in the State of Wisconsin, filed this lawsuit in response to rules promulgated by the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin ("PSC"), which has jurisdiction "to supervise and regulate every public utility" in Wisconsin. WIS. STAT. § 196.02(1). The railroads sought declaratory and injunctive relief based upon their assertions that the rules run afoul of several provisions of the Constitution of the...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases