Legal Opinion
Bonanno v. La Salle & Bureau County Railroad
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided August 28, 1980No. 79-818PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stengel
Plaintiff Joseph Bonanno appeals from two orders of the Circuit Court of La Salle County, one of which dismissed his complaint against defendant La Salle & Bureau County Railroad Company on the ground of res judicata and the other which denied him leave to file an amended complaint. The litigation which preceded the orders appealed from must be summarized in order to understand the contested rulings.
The transactions giving rise to this litigation occurred in 1970 when plaintiff, through his wholly owned corporation, Diversified Properties, Inc., purchased 466 surplus railroad boxcars at…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Costello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Bowman v. County of LakeIllinois Supreme Court · 1963
- Charles E. Harding Co. v. HardingIllinois Supreme Court · 1933
- Rotogravure Service, Inc. v. R. W. Borrowdale Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1979
- Sweeting v. CampbellIllinois Supreme Court · 1954
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- Diginet, Incorporated v. Western Union Ats, Incorporated, Third-Party-Defendant-Appellant v. City of Chicago, Third-Party-Plaintiff-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
- Taylor v. City of BeardstownAppellate Court of Illinois · 1986
- Salaymeh v. InterQual, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1987
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