Legal Opinion
Storley v. Armour & Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 10, 1939No. 11460PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
Fifty-eight plaintiffs, in a class suit brought to enjoin Armour & Company from polluting the Sheyenne River with the effluent from its packing plant situated in the village of West Fargo, North Dakota, and for damages resulting to the plaintiffs from such pollution, have appealed from a decree directing the entry of fifty judgments in their favor, upon the ground that the awards made by the court were less than the law required.
The Sheyenne River is a small -river which rises in the central part of North. Dakota and is approximately 250 miles long. After flowing east…
2Cases cited52 opinions
- The ConquerorSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- United States v. BehanSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Baltimore & Potomac Railroad v. Fifth Baptist ChurchSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
- Guardian Trust Co. v. Kansas City Southern Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1928
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. MercerTexas Supreme Court · 1936
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3Cited by34 opinions
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- Indemnity Insurance Company of North America, a Corporation v. Pioneer Valley Savings Bank, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
- Dierks Lumber & Coal Company, a Corporation v. J. A. BarnettCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1955
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