U.S. v. COUNTY OF COOK, ILL.

No. 98-1107.

167 F.3d 381 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COUNTY OF COOK, ILLINOIS, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 4, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Carmack (argued), Department of Justice, Tax Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, David M. Katinsky, Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, Washington, DC, Thomas P. Walsh, Office of the United States Attorney, Civil Division, Chicago, IL, Gerald A. Role, United States Department of Justice, Tax Division, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Richard A. Devine, Office of the State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant People of the State of Illinois, on Relation of Edward J. Rosewell and the County of Cook.

Mark R. Davis (argued), O'Keefe, Ashenden, Lyons & Ward, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before EASTERBROOK, RIPPLE, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

This long-running dispute about real estate taxation of two buildings in which the United States was a tenant was resolved by United States v. Hynes, 20 F.3d 1437 (7th Cir.1994) (en banc). Or so we thought. But the United States now contends that because its lawyers neglected to invoke sovereign immunity it is entitled to a fresh adjudication. Needless to say, the taxing authorities reply that claim...

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