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PENN CENT. CORP. v. U.S. R.R. VEST CORP.

No. 91-2608.

955 F.2d 1158 (1992)

PENN CENTRAL CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. U.S. RAILROAD VEST CORPORATION; Beverly D. Crone, Auditor of St. Joseph County; et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 4, 1992.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 3, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Palmer, May, Oberfell & Lorber, South Bend, Ind., Matthew J. Siembieda (argued), Alexander D. Bono, Randi S. Hoffman, Blank, Rome, Comisky & McCauley, Philadelphia, Pa., Robert J. Siverd, George F. Carr, Penn Central Corp., Cincinnati, Ohio, for plaintiff-appellant.

John C. Hamilton (argued), Doran, Blackmond, Ready, Hamilton & Williams, Mitchell R. Heppenheimer, South Bend, Ind., for defendants-appellees.

Before POSNER and MANION, Circuit Judges, and FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 3, 1992.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

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