Legal Opinion
LAJIM, LLC v. Gen. Elec. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 4, 2019No. Nos. 18-1522 & 18-2880PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Flaum, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs-appellants purchased land near a former General Electric Company manufacturing plant that had operated for sixty years; the plant leached toxic chemicals that seeped into the groundwater. The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency filed suit under state law against General Electric in 2004 and has been working with the company since then to investigate and develop a plan to address the contamination. In 2013, plaintiffs filed suit under the citizen suit provision of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, seeking a mandatory injunction ordering General…
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