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ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD CO. v. UNITED STATES et al., 1967 — 385 U.S. 457 · caselaw · US
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ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD CO. v. UNITED STATES et al.
385 U.S. 457·Supreme Court of the United States·1967
Mr. Justice Fortas took no part in the consideration or decision of these cases.
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Opinion
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD CO. v. UNITED STATES et al.
No. 687.
Decided January 9, 1967.
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.
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.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam.]
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.