MATTER OF OFFICIAL COM. OF UNSECURED CREDITORS

No. 90-1537.

943 F.2d 752 (1991)

In the Matter of OFFICIAL COMMITTEE OF UNSECURED CREDITORS OF WHITE FARM EQUIPMENT COMPANY, Debtor. Appeal of INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 17, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ira H. Raphaelson, Asst. U.S. Atty. Rogelio Villageliu Office of the U.S. Atty., Crim. Div., Chicago, Ill., Gary D. Gray (argued), Howard M. Soloman, Jeffrey N. Kaplan, Steven W. Parks, Dept. of Justice, Tax Div., Appellate Section, Washington, D.C., Victoria S. Crosley, I.R.S., Chicago, Ill., for I.R.S.

Robert K. Neiman, Joseph L. Matz, Richard S. Rhodes, Karla A. Schreiber (argued), Holleb & Coff, Chicago, Ill., for Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of White Farm Equipment Co.

Neil F. Hartigan, Atty. Gen., Robert J. Ruiz, James D. Newbold, Asst. Attys. Gen., Office of the Atty. Gen., Revenue Litigation Div., Chicago, Ill., amicus curiae State of Ill.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, and WOOD, Jr. and CUDAHY, Circuit Judges.


CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

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