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UNITED STATES v. TABOR COURT REALTY CORP.

Nos. 85-5636, 85-5637, 85-5649, 85-5751, 85-5780 and 85-5781.

803 F.2d 1288 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America v. TABOR COURT REALTY CORP., McClellan Realty Co., Inc., Pagnotti Enterprises, Inc., Loree Associates, James J. Tedesco, Henry Ventre, Louis Pagnotti, II, Raymond Colliery Co., Inc., Blue Coal Company, Gillen Coal Mining Co., Carbondale Coal Co., Moffat Premium Anthracite, Northwest Mining, Inc., Maple City Coal Co., Powderly Corporation, Clinton Fuel Sales, Inc., Great American Coal Co., Joseph Solfanelli, individually and as trustee, General Electric Credit Corp., Commonwealth of Pa. Dept. of Mines & Mineral Industries, Dept. of Environmental Resources and Dept. of Revenue, Borough of Olyphant, John J. Gillen, Thomas J. Gillen, Robert W. Cleveland & Sons, Inc., William T. Kirchoff, Jay W. Cleveland, Royal E. Cleveland, City of Scranton Sewer Authority, Lackawanna River Basin Authority, Borough of Taylor, Lackawanna County, William R. Henkleman, Gleneagles Investment Co., Inc., Jeddo Highland Coal Co., Olyphant Premium Anthracite, Inc., Olyphant Associates, Minindu Corporation, Glen Nan, Inc., Gilco, Inc., Jay W. Cleveland, As Administrator of the Estate of Royal E. Cleveland (Six Cases). Appeal of McCLELLAN REALTY COMPANY, Jeddo Highland Coal Co., Pagnotti Enterprises, Inc., Loree Associates, Gillen Coal Mining Co., Carbondale Coal Co., Moffatt Premium Anthracite, Northwest Mining, Inc., Maple City Coal Co., Powderly Corporation, Clinton Fuel Sales, Inc., Olyphant Premium Anthracite, Inc., Olyphant Associates, Minindu Corporation, Gilco, Inc. and Joseph Solfanelli, individually and as trustee, in No. 85-5636. Appeal of James J. HAGGERTY, Trustee in Bankruptcy for Blue Coal Corporation and Glen Nan, Inc. in Nos. 85-5637 and 85-5781. (Two Cases) Appeal of The UNITED STATES in Nos. 85-5649 and 85-5780. (Two Cases) Appeal of McCLELLAN REALTY CORPORATION and other Defendants in No. 85-5751.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided October 22, 1986.

As Amended October 22, 1986.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 24, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger M. Olsen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Michael L. Paul, William S. Estabrook, Lisa A. Prager (argued), Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for United States; James J. West, U.S. Atty., of counsel.

Robert J. Rosenberg (argued), Latham & Watkins, Bernard Ouziel, New York City, Joseph R. Solfanelli, Gerald J. Butler, Solfanelli & Butler, Scranton, Pa., for McClellan Realty Co., Inc. et al.

Doran, Nowalis & Flanagan, Robert C. Nowalis (argued), Wilkes-Barre, Pa., for James J. Haggerty, Trustee in Bankruptcy for Blue Coal Corp. and Glen Nan, Inc.

A. Bruce Schimberg, Frank R. Kennedy, Michael J. Sweeney, Richard B. Kapnick, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, Ill., for Nat. Commercial Finance Ass'n, Inc.

Before ALDISERT, Chief Judge, and HIGGINBOTHAM and HUNTER, Circuit Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 24, 1986.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ALDISERT, Chief Judge.

We have consolidated appeals from litigation involving one of America's largest anthracite coal producers that emanate from a district court bench trial that extended over 120 days and recorded close to 20,000 pages of transcript. Ultimately, we have to decide whether the court erred in entering judgment in favor of the United States in reducing...

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