UNITED TRANSP. UNION v. SURFACE TRANSP. BD.

No. 97-1027.

132 F.3d 71 (1998)

UNITED TRANSPORTATION UNION-ILLINOIS LEGISLATIVE BOARD, Petitioner, v. SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD and United States of America, Respondents, Association of American Railroads, Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 6, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon P. MacDougall, Washington, DC, argued the cause and filed the briefs for petitioner.

Thomas J. Stilling, Attorney, Surface Transportation Board, argued the cause for respondents, with whom Joel I. Klein, Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, John J. Powers, III, Washington, DC, and Robert J. Wiggers, Attorneys, Henri F. Rush, General Counsel, Surface Transportation Board, Ellen D. Hanson, Deputy General Counsel, Washington, DC, and Michael Martin, Trial Attorney, were on the brief. Craig M. Keats, Associate General Counsel, Washington, DC, entered an appearance.

Before: GINSBURG, SENTELLE, and TATEL, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GINSBURG.

GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:

The United Transportation Union-Illinois Legislative Board challenges a recently adopted rule of the Surface Transportation Board requiring parties that submit pleadings of 20 or more pages or computer-generated spreadsheets also submit a computer diskette containing the document. The UTU also objects to the STB's long-standing rules and policies regarding public access to transcripts...

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