U.S. v. MICHIGAN

No. CIVA 77-71100.

483 F.Supp.2d 565 (2007)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff and Counter-Defendant, v. State of MICHIGAN, Defendant and Cross-Plaintiff And Cross-Defendant, v. City of Detroit, a municipal corporation, and Detroit Water and Sewerage Department, Defendant and Cross-Plaintiff, v. All Communities and Agencies Under Contract with the City of Detroit for Sewage Treatment Services, et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, Southern Division.

March 23, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon M. Lipshultz, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Div., Washington, DC, Peter A. Caplan, United States Attorney's Office, Detroit, MI, Beth S. Gotthelf, Butzel Long, Bloomfield Hills, MI, for Plaintiff Counsel.

Marilyn A. Peters, Dykema Gossett, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Mark D. Jacobs, Dykema Gossett, Robert C. Walter, Detroit City Corporation Counsel, Avery K. Williams, Detroit, MI, Pamela J. Stevenson, Michigan Dept of Attorney General, Lansing, MI, James A. Smith, R. Craig Hupp, Bodman, Longley, Detroit, MI, William W. Misterovich, Mt. Clemens, MI, James E. Tamm, O'Connor, DeGrazia, Robert A. Marzano, Plunkett & Cooney, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Timothy L. Cronin, Hemming, Polaczyk, Plymouth, MI, Beth S. Gotthelf, David W. Potts, Miles T. Macik, G. Christopher Bernard, Kurt M. Brauer, Butzel Long, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Charles E. Barbieri, Foster, Swift, Lansing, MI, Charles E. Lowe, Lowe, Lewandowski, Plymouth, MI, David S. Steingold, David S. Steingold Assoc., John H. Fildew, Charles S. Kennedy, III, Fildew Hinks, Detroit, MI, Patrick B. McCauley, Sommers, Schwartz, Southfield, MI, Barry A. Seifman, Seifman & Associates, Farmington Hills, MI, Stuart Trager, Salamey Assoc., Dearborn, MI, Annette M. Lang, U.S. Department of Justice, Environmental Enforcement Section, Washington, DC, for Defendant Counsel.


OPINION AND ORDER DENYING ON INTERCEPTOR REPAIR COST DISPUTE

FEIKENS, District Judge.

In August 2004, an interceptor under 15 Mile Road in Sterling Heights collapsed, and the parties in this case dispute the allocation of the repair costs. DWSD used bond proceeds to finance the $53 million of repairs and allocated the $3 million annual amortization entirely to Macomb County. Macomb claims that Detroit alone or the overall DWSD system should bear the...

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