Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago v. United States Steel Corp.

The circuit court of Cook County, upon the complaint of the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago, entered a temporary injunction restraining the defendant, United States Steel Corporation, “from polluting the waters of Lake Michigan by discharging any oil or oily substances into the waters of Lake Michigan, which oil or oily substances would be visibly floating on the surface of said waters.” The defendant appealed to the appellate court, but because of the importance of the issues raised, this court, acting on its own motion under Rule 302(d), ordered the appeal transferred to…