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DESAI v. HERSH

Nos. 90-1435, 90-2207.

954 F.2d 1408 (1992)

Morarji DESAI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Seymour HERSH, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 28, 1992.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 26, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. O'Meara (argued), George M. Burditt, Robert G. Epsteen, Malcolm A. Chandler, Burditt & Radzius, Cyriac D. Kappil, argued, Francis Baumgart, Baumgart & Associates, Tyrone C. Fahner, Daniel M. Harris, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Thomas P. Walsh, Asst. U.S. Atty., Crim. Div., Lee A. Russo, Michael T. Trucco, Michael W. Coffield, Coffield, Ungaretti, Harris & Slavin, Bernard J. Nussbaum, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, David L. Carden, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Chicago, Ill., Michael Nussbaum (argued), Eric L. Lewis, Nussbaum & Wald, Kate A. Martin, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellee.

Before COFFEY and KANNE, Circuit Judges, and GRANT, Senior District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied March 26, 1992.

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

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