Legal Opinion
People of State of Ill. v. Sanitary Dist., Etc.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided October 20, 1980No. 80 C 4775PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
CROWLEY, District Judge.
This complaint alleges that the Sanitary District of Hammond, Indiana (Hammond) unlawfully dumped raw sewage into Lake Michigan causing injury to the People of the State of Illinois. The five-count Complaint was originally filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County and then removed by Hammond. Count III is based on the federal common law of nuisance, Illinois v. City of Milwaukee, 406 U.S. 91, 92 S.Ct. 1385, 31 L.Ed.2d 712 (1972), and the remaining counts are based on Illinois law. The same facts underlie each theory of recovery. The matter…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- American Fire & Casualty Co. v. FinnSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Illinois v. City of MilwaukeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Hazel Bishop, Inc. v. Perfemme, Inc. And Hazel BishopCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- Iodice v. CalabreseDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1968
3Cited by4 opinions
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- People of the State of Illinois, and People of the State of Michigan, Intervening v. City of Milwaukee, the Sewerage Commission of the City of Milwaukee and the Metropolitan Sewerage Commission of the County of Milwaukee, Defendants- William J. Scott, on His Own Behalf and on Behalf of All Persons Similarly Situated v. City of Hammond, Indiana United States Environmental Protection Agency Douglas M. Costle, Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the Hammond-Munster Sanitary District, and People of the State of Illinois and the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago, a Municipal Corporation v. The Sanitary District of Hammond, a Municipal Corporation Joseph A. Perry Thomas C. Conley Gilbert De Lancy Theodore Dunajeski and the City of Hammond, Indiana, a Municipal CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984