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MATTER OF CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, ST. PAUL & PAC. R. CO.

No. 146.

334 N.W.2d 290 (1983)

In the Matter of CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, ST. PAUL AND PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Debtor, Iowa State Association of Counties, et al., Movants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

May 18, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee H. Gaudineer and Carlton G. Salmons of Austin & Gaudineer, Des Moines, for movants.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Lester A. Paff, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Jane E. Phillips, of the Transportation Regulation Authority, Des Moines, for the respondent State.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and McCORMICK, SCHULTZ, CARTER and WOLLE, JJ.

McCORMICK, Justice.

The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has certified seven questions of Iowa law to us. The questions arise from competing claims in that court between certain Iowa counties and the State of Iowa to delinquent property taxes of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company. We answer the certified questions.

The railroad filed a petition for reorganization under chapter VIII of the federal...

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