METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DIST. v. LAKE RIVER

No. 03 C 0754.

365 F.Supp.2d 913 (2005)

METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO, Plaintiff, v. LAKE RIVER CORP.; LRT Holding Co., Inc.; Lake River Terminals, Inc.; Lake River Oil Co.; and North American Galvanizing & Coatings, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

April 12, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey M. Sheldon, Hinshaw & Culbertson, Philip Reed Kujawa, Hinshaw & Culbertson, Chicago, IL, for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago an Illinois municipal corporation, Plaintiff.

Robert Michael Baratta, Jr., Freeborn & Peters, Chicago, IL, Lewis B Jones, King & Spalding LLP, Atlanta, GA, Tonita Marie Helton, Freeborn & Peters, Chicago, IL, for Lake River Corporation an Illinois corporation, Lake River Terminals, Inc. an Illinois corporation, Lake River Oil Company, LRT Holding Company Inc an Illinois corporation, North American Galvanizing & Coatings, Inc. a Delaware corporation, Lake River Terminals, Inc. an Illinois corporation, Kinark Corp a Delaware corporation, Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ZAGEL, District Judge.

I. Background

This lawsuit arises out of chemical spills that occurred on a parcel of property belonging to Plaintiff Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago ("Water Rec. Dist."). In the 1940's and 1950's, the Water Rec. Dist. entered into a long-term lease with Defendant Lake River Corp. ("Lake River"). Lake River operated...

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