ILLINOIS CENT. R. CO. v. HOWLETT

No. 75-1013.

525 F.2d 178 (1975)

ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael J. HOWLETT, Secretary of State of the State of Illinois, Defendant-Appellant. PEOPLE OF ILLINOIS ex rel. William J. SCOTT, Attorney General, and Michael J. Howlett, Secretary of State of the State of Illinois, Counter-Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY, an Illinois Corporation, et al., Counter-Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 7, 1975.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied December 8, 1975.

Certiorari Denied March 22, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don H. Reuben, Joseph P. Antonow, Irwin I. Zatz, J. Herzl Segal, Barnet Hodes, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

William J. Scott, Atty. Gen., Herbert L. Caplan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

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


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied December 8, 1975.

Certiorari Denied March 22, 1976. See 96 S.Ct. 1482.

SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal involves the sua sponte application by this court of the anti-tax-injunction statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1341, to preclude federal jurisdiction of a complaint seeking a declaration of the collectability of the Illinois corporate franchise tax.

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