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CHAVERIAT v. WILLIAMS PIPE LINE CO.

No. 93-1652.

11 F.3d 1420 (1993)

Harry F. CHAVERIAT, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WILLIAMS PIPE LINE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 21, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James T.J. Keating (argued), Richard M. Kuntz, Dennis A. Berg, Chicago, IL, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Kathleen M. Hennessey, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Washington, DC, Percy Angelo (argued), Mark R. Ter Molen, Sheila D'Cruz, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellee.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, MANION, Circuit Judge, and GRANT, District Judge.

POSNER, Chief Judge.

The plaintiffs in this diversity suit seek damages for a nuisance caused by petroleum contamination. Illinois law controls. In 1931 Great Lakes Pipe Line Company, the defendant's predecessor, constructed a six-inch pipeline under a 208-acre tract of farmland in DuPage County. In 1944 the pipeline broke and spilled 30,000 gallons of unleaded gasoline which soaked into the ground and could not be recovered. The land was owned by Thaddeus Milfeld...

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