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ORSCHELN BROS. TRUCK LINES v. ZENITH ELEC. CORP.

Nos. 89-1261, 89-1329, 89-1330.

899 F.2d 642 (1990)

ORSCHELN BROS. TRUCK LINES, INC., Barry S. Schermer, Trustee and Assignor, and Carriers Traffic Service, Inc., Assignee, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ZENITH ELECTRIC CORP., Defendant-Appellee, and United States of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Intervening-Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 10, 1990.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied May 9, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven D. Armamentos, Ronald M. Hill, Steven C. Weiss, Weiss & Associates, Allan E. Levin, Chicago, Ill., Joseph L. Steinfeld, Jr., Robert B. Walker, Sims, Walker & Steinfeld, Washington, D.C., Samuel M. Lanoff, Mark L. Dressel, Morgan, Lanoff, Denniston & Madigan, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

John J. VanZeyl, Zenith Electronics Corp., Glenview, Ill., Keith G. O'Brien, Wheeler & Wheeler, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellee.

Frederick L. Wood, Nicholas J. DiMichael, Richard D. Fortin, Kathleen J. Masterton, Donelan, Cleary, Wood & Maser, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae National Industrial Transp. League.

Gail C. Ginsberg, Asst. U.S. Atty., Office of the U.S. Atty., Anton R. Valukas, U.S. Atty., Office of the U.S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., Judith A. Albert, Interstate Commerce Comm'n, Washington, D.C., for intervening-defendants-appellees.

Before POSNER, RIPPLE, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied May 9, 1990.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

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