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PRUITT v. ALLIED CHEMICAL CORP.

Civ. A. No. 77-0035-R.

523 F.Supp. 975 (1981)

Lorie Q. PRUITT, et al., Plaintiffs, v. ALLIED CHEMICAL CORPORATION, Defendant.

United States District Court, E. D. Virginia, Richmond Division.

September 15, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oren R. Lewis, Jr., Thomas P. Jennings, Michael S. Marcus, Richard H. Jones, Arlington, Va., J. Vernon Patrick, Jr., Barton S. Sacher, Berkowitz, Lefkovits & Patrick, Birmingham, Ala., Thomas A. Williams, Callao, Va., for plaintiffs.

G. H. Gromel, Jr., Joseph M. Spivey, III, Hunton & Williams, D. Alan Rudlin, Richmond, Va., for defendant.

MEMORANDUM

MERHIGE, District Judge.

Plaintiffs bring the instant action against Allied Chemical Corporation ("Allied") for Allied's alleged pollution of the James River and Chesapeake Bay with the chemical agent commonly known as Kepone.

Plaintiffs allege that jurisdiction vests with the Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1331 (federal question), § 1332 (diversity of citizenship), and § 1333 (arising in admiralty).

Plaintiffs allegedly...

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