Legal Opinion
Cannon v. Whitman Corp.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided March 27, 1991No. 5-89-0062PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Howerton
Whitman Corporation appeals the issuance of a mandatory preliminary injunction by which the circuit court ordered Whitman to post an $18 million guarantee of a judgment plaintiffs had obtained in Federal court against Illinois Central Railroad Company — a judgment which had not yet been reduced to a definite amount. We affirm.
Plaintiffs are members of a class that sued the Illinois Central Railroad Company in Federal court in 1981. (Mister v. Illinois Central Gulf R.R. Co. (1987), 832 F.2d 1427.) In that action, plaintiffs alleged that the railroad had violated Federal civil rights laws by…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Robert Earl Mister, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Illinois Central Gulf Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
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- Gendron v. Chicago & North Western Transportation Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1990
- Jefco Laboratories, Inc. v. CarrooAppellate Court of Illinois · 1985
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