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<br /> <br />also known as the "Seiberling Bill" in the House after the first <br />sponsor, Representative John F. Seiberling of Ohio, now retired. <br />Because the railroad industry historically has been heavily <br />regulated, it has been granted exemptions from some phases of <br />antitrust laws either by Congress or the Courts. This legislation <br />takes note of the fact that such regulation no longer is in force <br />to the extent that it was before passage of the Staggers Rail Act <br />of 1980 and removes two of those exemptions. The result would be <br />to give private parties, such as captive shippers, the right to <br />recover damages if they win lawsuits based on violation of antitrust <br />laws (now denied by the Keogh Decision of the Supreme Court in <br />1922), and the right to sue for injunctive relief in a dispute <br />with a railroad (now prevented by a provision in Section 16 of <br />the Clayton Antitrust Act). It no longer contains language that <br />was regarded as regulatory, rather than "pure" antitrust. <br />Support of one kind or another has been provided by: <br />American Public Power Association <br />National Rural Electric Cooperative Association <br />Baltimore Gas and Electric Company <br />Consumer Federation of America <br />National Assn. of Regulatory Utility Commissioners <br />National Council of Farmer Cooperatives <br />National Association of Wheat Growers <br />National Grain and Feed Association <br />United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association <br />Sunkist Growers <br />Western Fuels Association <br />Western Mining Division, W.R. Grace & Company <br />Procompetitive Rail Steering Committee (20 members) <br />Ad Hoc Trona Group (9 members) <br />2 <br />