Hammond City of v. ASARCO Master Inc

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA HAMMOND DIVISION CITY OF HAMMOND, INDIANA, and ) CITY OF WHITING, INDIANA, ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) Cause No. 2:24-CV-96-PPS-JEM ) ASARCO MASTER, INC., ) ) Defendant. ) OPINION AND ORDER According to the complaint in this case, the Cities of Hammond and Whiting have an environmental calamity on their hands arising out of the operation of a smelting facility which began polluting their cities nine decades ago. They’re trying to hold defendant ASARCO Master to account. ASARCO says the Cities’ environmental claims relating to the…