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DC Circ. Told Chicago Agency Rail Merger Challenge Too Soon

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The Surface Transportation Board asked the D.C. Circuit on Tuesday to toss a challenge from Chicago's commuter rail service Metra contesting the regulator's approval of Canadian Pacific's $31 billion merger with Kansas City Southern, arguing the municipal service needs to wait for an in-agency reconsideration.

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Norfolk Southern Asks Justices To Undo STB Immunity Ruling

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Supreme Court seeking review of a Surface Transportation Board opinion that found the rail giant lacks authority to control a Virginia railway and, therefore, has no immunity against antitrust claims, telling the justices a D.C. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. has petitioned the U.S.

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Norfolk Southern Can't Seek Immunity At DC Circ., STB Says

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Surface Transportation Board pressed the D.C. s challenge of an agency decision denying the company immunity from CSX Transportation Inc. Circuit on Friday to toss Norfolk Southern Railway Co.'s antitrust claims, arguing that only the Virginia federal judge overhearing the suit has authority over the case.

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