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PEOPLE v. BROCKMAN

Nos. 69932, 69951.

574 N.E.2d 626 (1991)

143 Ill.2d 351

158 Ill.Dec. 513

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois v. Wilmer BROCKMAN, Jr., et al. (Wilmer Brockman, Jr., Appellee; Chrysler Corporation et al., Appellants).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

May 30, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest Pool, Ottawa, R. Davy Eaglesfield III, Michael O. Ellis, Cromer, Eaglesfield & Maher, Indianapolis, Ind., for appellant Chrysler Corporation.

Harvey M. Sheldon, Shell J. Bleiweiss, David S. Finch, McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, for appellant Amoco Chemical Co. et al.

Craig M. Armstrong, Armstrong & Surlin, Ottawa, for appellee.

Martha A. Churchill, Chicago, for amici curiae Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry et al.

Howard W. Feldman and Stanley N. Wasser, Feldman & Wasser, and Katherine D. Hodge, Springfield, for amicus curiae Illinois Environmental Regulatory Group, Inc.

Justice FREEMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal arose out of an action initiated by the State in the circuit court of La Salle County against defendants and third-party plaintiffs, Wilmer and Edith Brockman (Brockman), owners/operators of the Brockman I landfill, for violations of the Illinois Environmental Protection Act (Act) (Ill.Rev.Stat.1979, ch. 111½, par. 1001 et seq.).

FACTS

Brockman operated a sanitary landfill...

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