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CITY OF CHICAGO v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION

No. 71-1645.

467 F.2d 1262 (1972)

CITY OF CHICAGO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 19, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Curry, Corp. Counsel, William R. Quinlan, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Jerome H. Torshen, Sp. Asst. Corp. Counsel, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Hammond E. Chaffetz, Alan I. Becker, Joseph DuCoeur, G. E. Hale, Robert F. Forrer, Erwin C. Heininger, Roger W. Barrett, Robert L. Stern, James B. O'Shaughnessy, William T. Hart, Luther C. McKinney, John J. McHugh, Douglas C. Moir, Edward J. Wendrow, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before KILEY and SPRECHER, Circuit Judges, and DURFEE, Senior Judge.

SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.

The city of Chicago brought this diversity class action, based upon the Illinois common law of strict product liability, which seeks to have the federal court create standards requiring automobile manufacturers to equip all new, and to recall and furnish all old, vehicles operating within Chicago with tamper-proof emission control devices, thus solving a substantial portion of the city's air pollution problem in one bold, quick stroke.

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