Legal Opinion
Ouellette v. International Paper Co.
District Court, D. Vermont
Decided February 5, 1985No. Civ. A. 78-163PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFRIN, Chief Judge.
Having dealt with the defendant’s objection to class certification in two previous opinions, 1 we are now presented with defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ cause of action concerning water pollution pursuant to Rules 12(c) and 56(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Although defendant’s motion was filed on June 22, 1981, the parties agreed (upon suggestion by the court) to await the Seventh Circuit’s decision in the litigation brought by the State of Illinois and an Illinois resident against cities in Wisconsin and Indiana for pollution of Lake Michigan.…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Middlesex County Sewerage Authority v. National Sea Clammers Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Silkwood v. Kerr-McGee Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Illinois v. City of MilwaukeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by14 opinions
- International Paper Co. v. OuelletteSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission v. Cae-Link Corp.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1993
- Allied Towing Corp. v. Great Eastern Petroleum Corp.District Court, E.D. Virginia · 1986
- Concerned Area Residents for the Environment v. Southview FarmDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1993
- Matzen Construction, Inc. v. Leander Anderson Corp.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1989
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