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U.S. v. CAPITAL TAX CORP.

No. 07-3744.

545 F.3d 525 (2008)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CAPITAL TAX CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 19, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth A. Peterson (argued), Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Div., Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Norman B. Berger (argued), Varga, Berger, Ledsky, Hayes & Casey, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Mark J. McAndrew, Barnes & Thornburg, Chicago, IL, for Stephen J. Pedi.

Gary J. Fernandez, Glen Ellyn, IL, for William Lerch.

Before CUDAHY, POSNER and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

Capital Tax Corporation (Capital Tax) is an Illinois company that purchases distressed real estate properties and resells them for profit. At a Cook County scavenger sale in October 2001, Capital Tax successfully bid on tax certificates to a derelict paint factory on the south side of Chicago. Capital Tax claims that it then entered into an agreement to sell the property to a man named Mervyn Dukatt. Pursuant to this alleged contract, Capital...

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