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                         OPINION OF THE SPECIAL TRIAL JUDGE                           
          ARMEN, Special Trial Judge:  This matter is before the                      
          Court on petitioner’s motion for leave to file a motion to vacate           
          the stipulated decision of this Court entered on March 26, 1997.            
          At issue is whether the Court lacked jurisdiction to enter the              
          stipulated decision because petitioner neither authorized nor               
          ratified the filing of the petition by its accountant.  As                  
          explained in detail below, we shall deny petitioner’s motion for            
          leave.                                                                      
                                  FINDINGS OF FACT                                    
               Some of the facts have been stipulated, and they are so                
          found.  The stipulated facts and attached exhibits are                      
          incorporated herein by this reference.                                      
               Petitioner’s sole office was located in Highland Park,                 
          Illinois, at the time that its petition was filed with the Court.           
          A. Trans World Travel, Inc.                                                 
               Trans World Travel (petitioner) is a C corporation that was            
          formed in 1966.  Since 1984, it has maintained a single office              
          located at 734 Central Avenue, Highland Park, Illinois 60035 (the           
          Highland Park office).                                                      
               Petitioner is engaged in the group tour travel business.               
          Its clientele consists of approximately 200 churches of different           
          denominations located throughout the United States.                         








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