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July TRAINS takes on the captive shipper debate - Best Issue Ever?
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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by bobwilcox</i> <br /><br />[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by MichaelSol</i> <br /><br /> <br />The State of Montana spent $3.2 million on the litigation. However, high priced railroad lawyers, an unlimited litigation budget, and 14 years of constant litigation and appeals, replaced the original ICC implementation with an unwieldy, nearly impossible litigation standard, an impossibly vague standard of proof, and essentially rendered the original provision, as interpreted correctly by the ICC, unenforceable. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />It sounds like Montana had its day in court and lost. Get over it. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Except there have been hundreds of such cases brought before the STB. The problem is the bizarre set up that favors the few Class I oligarchs over the collection of rail shippers. Which is why some form of railroad re-regulation willl surely make it't way into law as a result of these cases. <br /> <br />It looks like the railroads have finally lost in their quest to further skew markets. Get over it.
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