Opinion ID: 738209
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Nexus Between Changes Sought and ICC-Approved Transaction

Text: 28 It is undisputed that the Commission has, through a series of decisions, approved CSXT's proposed consolidation of the Chessie and Seaboard subsidiaries as being in the public interest. See CSX Control, 363 I.C.C. at 521. Petitioners, however, contend that the Commission erred by finding that there is a nexus between CSXT's proposed changes to the seniority rosters and the ICC-approved transaction. They argue simply that the passage of time between the ICC approval in CSX Control and the proposal for changes to the seniority rosters has rendered the two events unrelated. This argument is meritless. 29 The record clearly supports the Commission's affirmance of the arbitrator's factual finding that the proposed changes are linked to an approved transaction. As the Commission noted, CSXT has consolidated its operations gradually, often waiting until corporate entities were merged. The Chessie and Seaboard Coast subsidiaries were not fully merged until 1992. On this record, we are satisfied that the passage of time does not diminish a causal connection. See CSX Corp.--Control--Chessie Sys., Inc. and Seaboard Coast Line Indus., 8 I.C.C.2d 715, 724 n. 14 (1992), aff'd sub nom. ATDA, 26 F.3d at 1157.