United States v. Spain

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

JOAN B. GOTTSCHALL, District Judge.

In this case, defendants Crown Chemical, Inc. (“Crown”), James E. Spain (“Spain”), and Catalino Uy (“Uy”) (collectively “defendants”) were indicted by a grand jury for, inter alia, discharging pollutants into the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (“MWRD”) sewer system in violation of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq. (2006) (“CWA”). Crown is a manufacturer of chemical cleaning products located in Crestwood, Illinois, Spain is Crown’s President and controlling shareholder, and Uy was Crown’s…