49 CFR 1180.1 - General policy statement for merger or control of at least two Class I railroads

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  • Railroad consolidations, mergers, and acquisitions of control: Safety integration plans,
    • United States
    • Federal Register March 15, 2002
    • March 15, 2002
    ...about potentially blocked grade crossings as a result of anticipated merger-related traffic increases. See 49 CFR 1105.7(e)(7) and 49 CFR 1180.1(f)(3)(ii) and 1180.8(a)(2), requiring an applicant to identify specific measures to be employed to avoid blocking crossings that may result otherw......
  • Lamoille Valley R. Co. v. I.C.C., Nos. 82-1498
    • United States
    • United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (District of Columbia)
    • June 28, 1983
    ...railroad mergers that improve efficiency and disfavor imposing conditions on a merger that might reduce potential efficiency gains. 49 C.F.R. § 1180.1 (1982); see Railroad Consolidation Procedures, 363 I.C.C. 200 (1981) (statement of basis and purpose). 7 In general, the Commission "encoura......
  • Western Resources, Inc. v. Surface Transp. Bd., Nos. 95-1435
    • United States
    • United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (District of Columbia)
    • May 16, 1997
    ...and market capability that result from consolidation against any reduction in competition or harm to essential services. See 49 C.F.R. § 1180.1(c); Southern Pacific Transp. Co. v. ICC, 736 F.2d 708, 717 (D.C.Cir.1984). It also has the power to impose conditions upon proposed mergers to reme......
  • Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc. v. I.C.C., Nos. 88-4626
    • United States
    • United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (5th Circuit)
    • June 7, 1990
    ...Reviewing the merger applications in light of public interest considerations, see 49 U.S.C. Secs. 11344(b)(1), 11344(c); 49 C.F.R. Sec. 1180.1, the ICC ultimately approved Rio Grande's application and denied that of Kansas City Southern. See Rio Grande Indus.--Control--S. Pac. Transp. Co., ......
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  • Lamoille Valley R. Co. v. I.C.C., Nos. 82-1498
    • United States
    • United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (District of Columbia)
    • June 28, 1983
    ...railroad mergers that improve efficiency and disfavor imposing conditions on a merger that might reduce potential efficiency gains. 49 C.F.R. § 1180.1 (1982); see Railroad Consolidation Procedures, 363 I.C.C. 200 (1981) (statement of basis and purpose). 7 In general, the Commission "encoura......
  • Western Resources, Inc. v. Surface Transp. Bd., Nos. 95-1435
    • United States
    • United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (District of Columbia)
    • May 16, 1997
    ...and market capability that result from consolidation against any reduction in competition or harm to essential services. See 49 C.F.R. § 1180.1(c); Southern Pacific Transp. Co. v. ICC, 736 F.2d 708, 717 (D.C.Cir.1984). It also has the power to impose conditions upon proposed mergers to reme......
  • Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc. v. I.C.C., Nos. 88-4626
    • United States
    • United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (5th Circuit)
    • June 7, 1990
    ...Reviewing the merger applications in light of public interest considerations, see 49 U.S.C. Secs. 11344(b)(1), 11344(c); 49 C.F.R. Sec. 1180.1, the ICC ultimately approved Rio Grande's application and denied that of Kansas City Southern. See Rio Grande Indus.--Control--S. Pac. Transp. Co., ......
  • Western Coal Traffic League v. Surface Transp. Bd., No. 96-1373
    • United States
    • United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (District of Columbia)
    • March 23, 1999
    ...the Board balances the gains in operating efficiency against any reduction in competition or harm to essential services. See 49 C.F.R. § 1180.1(c); Western Resources, 109 F.3d at 784; Southern Pac. Transp. Co. v. ICC, 736 F.2d 708, 717 The Board's balancing of the various competing interest......
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