Legal Opinion
VILLAGE OF DEPUE, ILLINOIS v. Viacom Intern., Inc.
District Court, C.D. Illinois
Decided July 8, 2009No. 08-cv-1272, 08-cv-1273PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMENDED OPINION & ORDER
JOE BILLY McDADE, District Judge.
This consolidated civil action, initiated by the Village of DePue (“Village”), is the Village’s second recent suit against Viacom International, Inc./CBS Operations, Inc. and Exxon Mobil Corporation regarding environmental contamination at the De-Pue/New Jersey Zinc/Mobil Chemical Corp. Superfund Site (“Site”). The expansive 1500-acre Site is located within the Village in Bureau County, Illinois. The Site’s environmental problems and the Village’s earlier suit are discussed below.
In the present action, the Village alleges that Exxon and…
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