STATE, BY POLLUTION CONTROL AGCY. v. U. S. STEEL

No. 45921.

240 N.W.2d 316 (1976)

STATE of Minnesota, By Its POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY and Its Attorney General, Warren Spannaus, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

March 12, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., Peter W. Sipkins, Sol. Gen., St. Paul, Eldon G. Kaul and Alan R. Mitchell, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., Minneapolis, for appellant.

Benjamin J. Blacik, U. S. Steel Corp., Duluth, for respondent; John A. Hammerschmidt, U. S. Steel Corp., Pittsburgh, Pa., Rooks, Pitts, Fullagar & Poust, Jay A. Lipe and William M. Stevens, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

Considered and decided by the court en banc.


YETKA, Justice.

This is an appeal from the St. Louis County District Court involving an action by the state of Minnesota, appellant, against United States Steel Corporation (U. S. Steel), respondent, for violations of certain air and water pollution laws in the operation of its coke plant in Duluth. Upon the motion of U. S. Steel, the trial court dismissed the action. Appellant moved the court to amend its order to deny U. S. Steel's motion to dismiss and grant its...

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