METROPOLITAN SANITARY DIST. v. U.S. STEEL

No. 41522.

41 Ill.2d 440 (1968)

243 N.E.2d 249

THE METROPOLITAN SANITARY DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO, Appellee, v. UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied January 28, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

HENRY L. PITTS, JAY A. LIPE, and JEREMIAH MARSH, all of Chicago, (HACKBERT, ROOKS, PITTS, FULLAGAR & POUST, of counsel,) for appellant.

ALLEN S. LAVIN and PHILLIP ROTHENBERG, both of Chicago, (FRED F. HERZOG, of counsel,) for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

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...

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