Supreme Court of Illinois

Injunction prohibiting defendant railroad from blocking a certain railroad crossing for more than 10 minutes should not have been issued and the matter is remanded with direction to dissolve the injunction where the ordinance relied upon to issue the injunction violates the commerce clause, is preempted by federal railroad law, and is unenforceable.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/25/2008
• Published 01/25/2008

Judges

Court

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas E. Jones, Heath H. Hooks, of Thompson Coburn LLP, Belleville, Hugh C. Griffin, Stevie A. Starnes, of Hall Prangle & Schoonveld, LLC, Adam L. Frankel, of Lord, Bissell & Brook LLP, all of Chicago, for appellant., Richard E. Boyle, Michael C. Hermann, of Gundlach, Lee, Eggmann, Boyle & Roessler LLC, Belleville (Louis P. Warchot, Daniel Saphire, Washington, D.C., of counsel), for amicus curiae Association of American Railroads.


• For Appellees:
  
• Stephen R. Wigginton, J. Brian Manion, of Weilmuenster & Wigginton, P.C., Christopher Cueto, all of Belleville, for appellee., Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield (Gary Feinerman, Solicitor General, Michael A. Scodro, Deputy Solicitor General, Chicago, of counsel), intervenor-appellee.