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KELLEY v. THOMAS SOLVENT CO.

Nos. K86-164, K86-167.

725 F.Supp. 1446 (1988)

Frank J. KELLEY, Attorney General of the State of Michigan; and The State of Michigan, Plaintiffs, v. THOMAS SOLVENT COMPANY; Thomas Development, Inc.; Thomas Solvent Company of Detroit, Inc.; Thomas Solvent Company of Muskegon, Inc.; Thomas Solvent, Inc. of Indiana; TSC Transportation, Inc.; Richard E. Thomas; and Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company, Defendants. GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY, Counter Plaintiff, v. Frank J. KELLEY, Attorney General of the State of Michigan; and The State of Michigan, Counter Defendants. GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY, Cross Plaintiff, v. THOMAS SOLVENT COMPANY; Thomas Development, Inc.; Thomas Solvent Company of Detroit, Inc.; Thomas Solvent Company of Muskegon, Inc.; Thomas Solvent, Inc. of Indiana; TSC Transportation, Inc.; and Richard E. Thomas, Cross Defendants (Two Cases). THOMAS SOLVENT COMPANY and Richard Thomas, Counter Plaintiffs, v. GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY, Counter Defendant (Two Cases). GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY, Third-Party Plaintiff, v. Richard E. THOMAS, as Trustee of The Richard E. Thomas Living Trust; The Richard E. Thomas Living Trust; and Letha Thomas, Third-Party Defendants (Two Cases). UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. THOMAS SOLVENT COMPANY; Thomas Development, Inc.; Thomas Solvent Company of Detroit, Inc.; Thomas Solvent Company of Muskegon, Inc.; Thomas Solvent, Inc. of Indiana; TSC Transportation Company; Richard E. Thomas, and Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Michigan.

December 2, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Smietanka, U.S. Atty. by Julie Ann Woods, Asst. U.S. Atty., Grand Rapids, Mich., Joel M. Gross, Steven J. Willey, Environmental Enforcement Section Land and Natural Resources Div. U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., (Roger Grimes, Asst. Regional Counsel, U.S. E.P.A., Chicago, Ill., of counsel), for U.S.

Foster, Swift, Collins & Coey, P.C. by Charles E. Barbieri, John L. Collins, Lansing, Mich., for Thomas Solvent Co. & Richard E. Thomas.

Sullivan, Hamilton & Schulz by James M. Sullivan, Battle Creek, Mich., for Thomas Development, Inc., Thomas Solvent Co. of Detroit, Inc., Thomas Solvent Co. of Muskegon, Inc., Thomas Solvent, Inc. of Indiana & TSC Transp. Co.

Bodman, Longley & Dahling by Fredrick J. Dindoffer, R. Craig Hupp, and Mary P. Sclawy, Detroit, Mich., for Grand Trunk Western R. Co.

Bremer, Wade, Nelson & Alt by Michael D. Wade, Grand Rapids, Mich., for Great American Surplus Lines Ins. Co. Intervening non-party and non-participant.

Frank J. Kelley, Atty. Gen. by Robert P. Reichel, Asst. Atty. Gen., Environmental Protection Div., Lansing, Mich., for plaintiffs.

OPINION

ENSLEN, District Judge.

This case is before the Court on the United States and the State's ("plaintiffs") joint motion for summary judgment on their claims for liability under fraudulent conveyance and successor corporation doctrines. Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company, as third-party and cross plaintiff, also moves this Court for an order granting summary judgment in favor of plaintiffs. Opposing the summary judgment motions are: defendant Richard...

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