Legal Opinion
In the Matter of Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company, Debtor. Appeal of Sanborn Cooperative Grain Co., Sanborn, Iowa
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 3, 1985No. 84-2572PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*301DUMBAULD, Senior District Judge.
The defunct Rock Island railroad still supplies grist for the judicial mill. In the case at bar the question presented is whether the application of Iowa rent control laws to property purchased by a landlord from the bankruptcy trustee liquidating the railroad is precluded by reason of conflict with any federal policy designed to maximize the selling price of a bankrupt’s assets. Finding no conflict between applicable Iowa law and federal policy under the Supremacy Clause (Art. VI, cl. 2 of the U.S. Constitution), we reverse the contrary holding of the District…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Butner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Munn v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Bowles v. WillinghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Lewis v. Manufacturers National Bank of DetroitSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Dayton v. LashSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
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3Cited by16 opinions
- In the Matter of Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company, Debtor. Appeal of Sanborn Cooperative Grain Company, Chicago Pacific CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- Taylor v. Peoples Natural Gas CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995
- In Re Darrell Ray Atchison and Anola Marie Atchison, Debtors. Charles E. Jones, Trustee v. Anola Marie AtchisonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
- Friarton Estates Corp. v. City of New York (In Re Friarton Estates Corp.)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 1986
- Wood v. Bright (In Re Bright)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit · 1999
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