Harry F. Chaveriat, Jr. v. Williams Pipe Line Company

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1993-12-21

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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…

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