ELR Citation: ELR 20372
No(s). 81 C 1353 (N.D. Ill. Oct 26, 1981)

The court holds that the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) preempts plaintiff's state-law claims against out-of-state defendants for the discharge of pollutants into Lake Michigan. Initially, the court rules that under City of Milwaukee v. Illinois (Milwaukee II),11 ELR 20406, plaintiff's ...