Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit April 9, 1998, 97-1501 (Paula L. Harris and Kim D. Walton v. Union Pacific Railroad)

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

In 1993 the Union Pacific Railroad sought permission of the Interstate Commerce Commission to acquire the Chicago and North Western Railway. The railroads contemplated that approximately 800 employees would be transferred after the merger and that 900 jobs would be abolished.