PENNBANK v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 84-24 ERIE.

599 F.Supp. 1573 (1985)

PENNBANK and First Seneca Bank, Plaintiffs, v. The UNITED STATES of America, and its agencies, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Farmers Home Administration of the United States Department of Agriculture, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania.

January 9, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence A. Demase, Rose, Schmidt, Dixon & Hasley, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Craig R. McKay, Asst. U.S. Atty., Pittsburgh, Pa., Donald Lewis, Asst. U.S. Atty., Erie, Pa., for United States.

Ray Spears, U.S.E.P.A., Washington, D.C., David Oblich, Farmers Home Admin., Harrisburg, Pa., for defendants.


OPINION

WEBER, District Judge.

This dispute flows from an unpleasant situation facing certain residents of Crawford County, Pennsylvania. The dwellings of North and South Shenango Townships are tapped into a sewage system that does not work. The system's defects allegedly were caused by faulty construction. That issue, however, is not before us.1 The question here is whether two agencies of the federal government are liable for...

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