BOOTH v. CORN PRODUCTS CO.

No. 57010.

9 Ill. App.3d 433 (1972)

292 N.E.2d 149

PAUL BOOTH et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CORN PRODUCTS COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District.

December 18, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Lee Leahy, of Jewel N. Klein, and Thomas R. Meites, of Businessmen for the Public Interest, both of Chicago, for appellants.

Miles G. Seeley and Robert F. Finke, both of Chicago, for appellee CPC International.

Howard Neitzert, James W. Kissell, George A. Platz, and Thomas M. McMahon, all of Chicago, (Sidney & Austin, and Mayer, Brown & Platt, of counsel,) for appellee Proctor & Gamble Mfg. Co.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE BURKE delivered the opinion of the court:

On November 30, 1970, the plaintiffs, seven taxpayers, brought an action to enforce Illinois Revised Statutes, 1969, ch. 42, par. 326a. The complaint alleged that this statute makes it unlawful for any person to dump more than 3,650,000 gallons of waste water in the sewers of The Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago (hereinafter the "Sanitary District") without meeting reasonable...

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