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Town of East Troy v. Soo Line Railroad Company

District Court, E.D. Wisconsin

Decided January 20, 1976No. 75-C-122PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DECISION and ORDER

MYRON L. GORDON, District Judge.

The Town of East Troy (Town), Joint School District No. 1 (District), and thirty-two individuals and married couples (individual plaintiffs) filed a 204-count complaint in the circuit court of Walworth County against the Soo Line Railroad Company (Railroad) and Georgia-Pacific Corporation (Manufacturer). The plaintiffs claim damages resulting from the derailment of part of one of the Railroad’s trains and the consequent contamination of the plaintiffs’ water wells and septic systems from the Manufacturer’s carbolic acid which was being…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Greiten v. La DowWisconsin Supreme Court · 1975
  2. Plesko v. City of MilwaukeeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1963
  3. Wisconsin Power & Light Co. v. Columbia CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1958
  4. Actiesselskabet Ingrid v. Central R.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1914
  5. Chrome Plating Co. v. Wisconsin Electric Power Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1942

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Phillips v. E.I. Dupont De Nemours & Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2007
  2. Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad v. American Cyanamid Co.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1981
  3. National Steel Service Center, Inc. v. GibbonsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1982
  4. Phillips v. E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2007
  5. Smith v. GautreauLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1977

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