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ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD CO. v. UNITED STATES, 385 U.S. 457 (1967)

United States Supreme Court

ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD CO. v. UNITED STATES(1967)

No. 687

Decided: January 09, 1967

[ Footnote * ] Together with No. 688, St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. United States et al., and No. 689, Monon Railroad v. United States et al., also on appeal from the same court.

263 F. Supp. 421, affirmed.

Hugh B. Cox, William H. Allen, Robert Mitten and William J. O'Brien, Jr., for appellant in No. 687. Nuel D. Belnap, Richard M. Freeman and Daniel J. Sweeney for appellant in No. 688. John B. Goodrich for appellant in No. 689.

Solicitor General Marshall, Assistant Attorney General Turner, Howard E. Shapiro, Robert W. Ginnane and Fritz R. Kahn for the United States et al.; James W. Hoeland, W. L. Grubbs and Joseph L. Lenihan for Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co.; W. McNeil Kennedy for Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Co.; Albert E. Jenner, Jr., Samuel W. Block, Thomas P. Sullivan and John C. Tucker for Missouri Pacific Railroad Co., and Leon Leighton, pro se, appellees in all cases.

PER CURIAM.

The motions to affirm are granted and the judgment is affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE FORTAS took no part in the consideration or decision of these cases. [385 U.S. 457, 458]  

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ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD CO. v. UNITED STATES, 385 U.S. 457 (1967)

Citation: 385 U.S. 457

Docket No: No. 687

Decided: January 09, 1967

Court: United States Supreme Court

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