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UNITED STATES v. ELGIN, J. & E. RY. CO.

No. 10009.

182 F.2d 1 (1950)

UNITED STATES v. ELGIN, J. & E. RY. CO.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

May 31, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Keating, Asst. U. S. Atty., South Bend, Ind., Walter J. Keckich, Asst. U. S. Atty., Hammond, Ind., Leo Meltzer, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., James M. McInerney, Asst. Atty. Gen., Gilmore S. Haynie, U. S. Atty., Fort Wayne, Ind. (Henry J. Vinskey, Atty., Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, D. C., of counsel), for appellant.

R. C. Stevenson, Chicago, Ill., Glenn D. Peters, Hammond, Ind., Walker A. Jensen, Chicago, Ill. (Knapp, Cushing, Hershberger & Stevenson, Chicago, Ill., Peters & Highland, Hammond, Ind., of counsel), for appellee.

Before KERNER, FINNEGAN, and SWAIM, Circuit Judges.

KERNER, Circuit Judge.

The United States brought a civil action in six counts charging as many violations of the Safety Appliance Act, 45 U.S.C.A. §§ 1 to 16, and an order of the Interstate Commerce Commission promulgated pursuant thereto. Defendant admitted liability as to one of the counts; the court heard evidence as to the other five, rendered findings of fact and conclusions of law in favor of defendant, and entered judgment for defendant accordingly...

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