Legal Opinion
Ruland v. General Electric Co.
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided April 28, 1982No. Civ. No. B-79-303PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON PLAINTIFFS’ OBJECTIONS TO MAGISTRATE’S RULING
ELLEN B. BURNS, District Judge.
This action originally filed in Connecticut Superior Court, was removed to this court on motion of defendant General Electric Company on the basis of diversity, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1332(a), 1441(a). The amended federal complaints are in four counts, all stemming from the claimed pollution of the Housatonic River with “PCB’s” — polychlorinated biphenyls — used by General Electric in a mixture for insulation in electrical transformers. In brief, plaintiffs aver that General Electric discharged PCB’s from its…
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- Illinois v. City of MilwaukeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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