Legal Opinion
Total Renal Care, Inc. v. CHILDERS OIL COMPANY
District Court, E.D. Kentucky
Decided September 28, 2010No. Civil Action 10-33-ARTPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION & ORDER
AMUL R. THAPAR, District Judge.
Disaster strikes. An oil spill contaminates a river and poisons a city’s water supply. The environmental calamity affects many property owners and businesses in the city, several of whom sue the oil company responsible for the spill in state court. But one of the businesses harmed by the spill decides to sue the oil company in federal court. Should the federal court dismiss the case because the state court actions arise from the same environmental disaster and involve similar issues? That is the question this case presents.
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2Cases cited19 opinions
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