Legal Opinion
Indiana Gas Company, Inc. v. Home Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 13, 1998No. 97-1328, 97-1381PublishedCited by 144 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Long ago, predecessors to Indiana Gas Company manufactured gas by heating coal and oil at nine sites in Indiana. The principal residual was coal tar, a sludge containing pitch plus pyridine and additional organic compounds that are raw materials for the production of paints, dyes, plastics, pharmaceuticals, and other synthetic products. Some coal tar was discarded before these beneficial uses were discovered, additional byproducts of gas manufacturing were not suitable feedstocks for other industries, and at all events production often exceeded the demand. What…
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