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Court: Some rail rate talks allowed in price-fixing suits

FILE - An American flag is emblazoned on this Union Pacific Railroad locomotive sitting in the Jackson, Miss., terminal rail yard, Wednesday, April 20, 2022. A federal judge has ruled that the details of conversations between the nation’s four largest railroads should be included in lawsuits challenging billions of dollars of charges the railroads imposed in the past. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis File)

FILE - A CSX freight train pulls through McKeesport, Pa., on June 2, 2020. A federal judge has ruled that the details of conversations between the nation’s four largest railroads should be included in lawsuits challenging billions of dollars of charges the railroads imposed in the past. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Court: Some rail rate talks allowed in price-fixing suits