Missouri v. Illinois

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1906-02-19

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Mr. Justice Holmes delivered the opinion of the court. This is a suit brought by the State of Missouri to restrain the discharge of the sewage of Chicago through an artificial channel into the Desplaines River, in the State of Illinois. That river empties into the Illinois River, and the latter empties into the M…

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