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UNITED STATES v. STATE OF ILLINOIS

Nos. 18558, 18559.

454 F.2d 297 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Third Party Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STATE OF ILLINOIS, Third Party Defendant-Appellant. STATE OF ILLINOIS, Fourth Party Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LLOYD'S OF LONDON, Fourth Party Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 27, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Scott, Atty. Gen., Samuel E. Hirsch, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for the State of Ill.; Francis T. Crowe, Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel.

Richard E. Mueller, Chicago, Ill., Maurice W. Kepner, Springfield, Ill., for Lloyd's of London; Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, Ill., of counsel

William D. Appler, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Donald B. Mackay, U. S. Atty., Springfield, Ill., L. Patrick Gray, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frank J. Violanti, U. S. Atty., Walter H. Fleischer, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for United States.

Before HASTINGS, Senior Circuit Judge, and PELL and SPRECHER, Circuit Judges.

HASTINGS, Senior Circuit Judge.

This matter originated with the filing of four separate complaints on behalf of four individuals killed or injured at the 1966 Illinois State Fair, when a portion of a catwalk on top of the grandstand was pulled free from the roof during a performance by a United States Army Special Forces Unit, the Green Berets. The actions were filed against the United States of America1 based on the alleged negligence...

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