Legal Opinion
Illinois Constructors Corp. v. Morency & Associates, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided July 20, 1992No. 92 C 2738PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
NORGLE, District Judge.
Before the court is the motion of defendant Morency & Associates, Inc., d/b/a Morency, Weible & Sapa (“Morency”) to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(1). The court denies the motion for the reasons set forth below.
FACTS
On December 22, 1991, the tugboat M/V Dutch Gap sank in the Mississippi River, discharging diesel fuel into the river. Plaintiff Illinois Constructors Corporation (“Illinois Constructors”), the owner of the vessel, engaged the services of various entities to clean up the pollution in the Mississippi River…
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