DOVER PRODUCTS CO., INC. v. OLNEY


428 A.2d 18 (1981)

DOVER PRODUCTS CO., INC., a Delaware Corporation, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. Austin P. OLNEY, Secretary of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided March 24, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy S. Shiels (argued) of Brown, Shiels & Chasanov, Dover, for defendant-appellant.

June D. MacArtor (argued), Deputy Atty. Gen., Dover, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before HERRMANN, C. J., and DUFFY and QUILLEN, JJ.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant, Dover Products Co. (Dover), defendant below, contends that the Superior Court erred in holding it strictly liable under 7 Del.C. § 6005, a general civil enforcement statute covering environmental control. As we view the appeal, however, it is useful to divide the contention into its factual and legal components.

Dover operates a rendering facility in Kent County. During the evening hours of February 22, 1978, an unknown depositor...

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