COUNTY OF COOK v. MIDCON CORP.

No. 83-3125, 83-3160.

773 F.2d 892 (1985)

The COUNTY OF COOK, a body politic and corporate, and The People of Cook County, ex rel. Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney of Cook County, and City of Chicago, a municipal corporation and a body politic, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MIDCON CORPORATION, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 24, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Touhy & Joseph Witkowski, Shea, Rogal & Assoc. Frank J. Parkerson, Asst. State's Atty., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Michael M. Conway, Hopkins & Sutter, Charles W. Boand, Wilson & McIlvaine, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before WOOD, CUDAHY and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.


CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

These appeals concern events related to a 1981 corporate reorganization involving Peoples Energy Corporation, MidCon Corporation and their corporate subsidiaries. Plaintiffs, the City of Chicago and the County of Cook, brought a class action on behalf of gas consumers against the various corporate defendants, their officers and directors, and their independent auditor, Arthur Andersen & Co., alleging that defendants had violated the Racketeer...

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