In the Matter of CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, ST. PAUL & PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY,
Appeal of WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued January 16, 1992.
Decided August 18, 1992.
As Amended August 25, 1992.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Kenneth O. Eikenberry, Deborah L. Cade (argued), Charles F. Secrest, Susan Jensen, Olympia, Wash., for appellant.
Daniel R. Murray, Randall E. Mehrberg, Jerold S. Solovy, Barry Sullivan (argued), Robert P. Zapinski, Jenner & Block, Chicago, Ill., for appellees.
James B. Burns, Edward R. Gower, Keck, Mahin & Cate, Chicago, Ill., Daniel R. Murray, Randall E. Mehrberg, Jerold S. Solovy, Barry Sullivan, Terrence J. Truax, Jenner & Block, Chicago, Ill., Charles Stark, I.Co., Office of Gen. Counsel, Washington, D.C., Milton H. Gray, Altheimer & Gray, James T. Malysiak, Freeman, Freeman & Salzman, Terry F. Moritz, Goldberg, Kohn, Bell, Black, Rosenbloom & Moritz, Marvin F. Metge, F. Rausch, Gorham, Metge, Bowman & Hourigan, Chicago, Ill., William G. Mahoney, Highsaw, Mahoney & Clarke, Washington, D.C., Carlton G. Salmons, Austin & Gaudineer, Des Moines, Iowa, J.S. Thiel, Dept. of Transp., Madison, Wis., Patrick J. McPartland, Minneapolis, Minn., Peter J. Kilchenmann, John W. Rowe, Isham, Lincoln & Beale, Michael L. Gesas, Gesas, Pilati & Gesas, Lynn A. Goldstein, First Nat. Bank of Chicago, Harold L. Kaplan, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Ill., for debtor.
Before BAUER, Chief Judge, KANNE, Circuit Judge, and WOOD, Jr., Senior Circuit Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Senior Circuit Judge.
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