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                                   Exhibit 32

                Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350
      As Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

     In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the CITY INVESTING
COMPANY LIQUIDATING TRUST, a Delaware Trust (the "Trust") for the period ending
March 31, 2005 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date
hereof (the "Report"), I, Lester J. Mantell, a Trustee and the functional
equivalent of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, certify
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to my knowledge and belief, that:

     1) the Report fully complies, in all material respects, with the
requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;
and

     2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material
respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Trust, as of,
and for, the periods presented in the Report.

     The foregoing certification is provided solely for purposes of complying
with the provisions of Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and is not
intended to be used for any other purposes.




                                            By:      /s/ Lester J. Mantell
         Dated:  April 29, 2005                 --------------------------------