People ex rel. Scott v. Aluminum Coil Anodizing Corp.

The Attorney General of the State of Illinois, on behalf of the People, instituted an action on May 8, 1970, in the Circuit Court of McHenry County, against the defendant, Aluminum Coil Anodizing Corporation, seeking to enjoin the defendant from discharging alleged pollutants into the Fox River. Count I of the complaint alleged that the defendant was a producer and processor of aluminum and was allowing effluents with high acidity content to be discharged into the sewage system of the Village of Fox River Grove, causing corrosion of the system, destruction of the sewage treatment plant, and…