Legal Opinion
City of Evansville, Indiana v. Kentucky Liquid Recycling, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 9, 1979No. 78-1578PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TONE, Circuit Judge.
Three Indiana municipal corporations that use water from the Ohio River bring this action to recover damages incurred because of defendants’ discharges of contaminants into the river from Kentucky. The most important question on this appeal is whether plaintiffs have stated a claim over which the district court had jurisdiction. We hold that a claim is stated under the federal common law of nuisance and that the court had jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1331.
Plaintiffs are Evansville, Indiana, the water works department of that city, and Mount Vernon, Indiana.…
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