Legal Opinion
In the Matter of CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND AND PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Debtor. Appeal of IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 28, 1985No. 84-1148PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal by the State of Iowa in a railroad bankruptcy case requires us to consider the duty (if any) of a railroad which becomes bankrupt and ceases operations to place the highways that cross its abandoned rail lines in the condition they would have been in if there had never been a railroad.
In 1975 the Rock Island Railroad, serving areas in the Midwest, including Iowa, petitioned for reorganization under section 77 of the Bankruptcy Act of 1898, 11 U.S.C. § 205 (1976 ed.). In 1980 the district judge presiding over the reorganization proceeding ordered the trustee…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Cenco Inc. v. Seidman & SeidmanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- In re Saco Local Development Corp.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1983
- In the Matter of Unr Industries, Inc., Debtors-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- City Bank Farmers Trust Co. v. Irving Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
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3Cited by16 opinions
- In Re J. Catton Farms, Inc., Debtor-Appellant v. The First National Bank of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985
- Ricardo Trevino v. Union Pacific Railroad Company and Missouri Pacific Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- In re Chicago Pacific Corp.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- In Re StevensDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1987
- Pettibone Corp. v. Ramirez (In Re Pettibone Corp.)United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Illinois · 1988
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