Legal Opinion
Okaw Drainage District of Champaign and Douglas County, Illinois v. National Distillers and Chemical Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 20, 1989No. 88-3174PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The Okaw Drainage District, a municipal corporation organized under the Illinois Drainage Code, Ill.Rev.Stat. ch. 42, If 1-1 et seq., brought suit against National Distillers and Chemical Corporation in an Illinois state court in 1984, seeking damages of $2 million for breach of contract and an injunction against a trespass or nuisance. National Distillers, which is not a citizen of Illinois, removed the case to federal district court. A three-day bench trial culminated in an oral decision for National Distillers. The drainage district’s appeal brings before us something…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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