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STATE OF MICH. v. CITY OF ALLEN PARK

Nos. 79-74681, 79-74682.

501 F.Supp. 1007 (1980)

STATE OF MICHIGAN, the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Greenfield Construction Company, Inc., Lanzo Construction Company, Inc., Giannetti Construction of Michigan, Inc. and Rocco Ferrera & Company, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. The CITY OF ALLEN PARK; the Le Blanc Tile Drainage District; the Drainage District for Ecorse Creek Pollution Abatement Drain No. 1; the County of Wayne; Charles N. Youngblood, the Wayne County Drain Commissioner; Defendants. STATE OF MICHIGAN, Robert Lindisch and Phil Serpetti, Jr., Plaintiffs, v. The CITY OF ALLEN PARK, Michigan, a Michigan Municipal Corporation, Defendant.

United States District Court, E. D. Michigan, S. D.

November 6, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karl Overman, Asst. U. S. Atty., Detroit, Mich., for plaintiff Administrator of United States Environmental Protection Agency.

Thomas Emery, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lansing, Mich., for plaintiff State of Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

Abba I. Friedman, Laurence A. Berg, Hyman, Gurwin, Nachman, Friedman & Winkelman, Southfield, Mich., for plaintiffs Greenfield Construction Company, Inc., Lanzo Construction Company, Inc., Giannetti Construction of Michigan, Inc., Rocco Ferrera & Company, Inc.

Timothy Downs, Craig, Farber & Downs, Detroit, Mich., for plaintiffs Lindisch and Serpetti.

Kenneth D. Kruse, Allen Park, Mich., and Michael H. Feiler, Farmington Hills, Mich., for defendant Allen Park.

Robert P. Tiplady, Plymouth, Mich., for defendants Le Blanc Tile Drainage District, Drainage District for Ecorse Creek Pollution Abatement Drain No. 1, Charles N. Youngblood, Wayne County Drain Commissioner.

Douglas B. Dimitry, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Detroit, Mich., for defendant County of Wayne.

Charles R. Moon, Dickinson, Wright, McKean, Cudlip & Moon, Detroit, Mich., for amicus curiae.

OPINION

FEIKENS, Chief Judge.

Background

This case concerns the water quality of the North Branch of the Ecorse Creek, a creek which begins just north of Detroit Metropolitan Airport, thirteen miles from the mouth. It flows eastward through the communities of Dearborn Heights, Allen Park, Lincoln Park and Ecorse, and merges with the South Branch of Ecorse Creek three-fourths of a mile west of the Detroit River. The point where the Ecorse...

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