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CALLIS, PAPA, JACKSTADT & HALLORAN, P.C. v. NORFOLK & WESTERN RY. CO.

No. 88306.

748 N.E.2d 153 (2001)

195 Ill.2d 356

254 Ill.Dec. 707

CALLIS, PAPA, JACKSTADT & HALLORAN, P.C., Appellee, v. NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

April 19, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Alvey, Jr., and Alan C. Barron, of Thompson Coburn, Belleville, and James S. Whitehead and Ann K. Shuman, of Sidley & Austin, Chicago, for appellant.

Eric D. Jackstadt and Lance Callis, of Callis, Papa, Jackstadt & Halloran, P.C., Granite City, and William J. Harte and Joan M. Mannix, Chicago, for appellee.

Thomas E. Jones, of Walker & Williams, P.C., Belleville (Louis Warchot and Daniel Saphire, Washington, D.C., of counsel), for amicus curiae Association of American Railroads.

Roy C. Dripps and Dawn O'Leary, of the Lakin Law Firm, Wood River, for amicus curiae Academy for Rail Labor Attorneys.

Vincent B. Browne and Monica A. Coscia, of Harrington, Thompson, Acker & Harrington, Ltd., Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.

Justice FREEMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Callis, Papa, Jackstadt & Halloran, P.C. (hereinafter, the law firm), sought injunctive relief in the circuit court of Madison County against defendant, Norfolk and Western Railway Company1 (hereinafter, the railroad). The circuit court granted a preliminary injunction, and the railroad appealed. In a summary order, the appellate court affirmed the circuit court's judgment...

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