St. Charles Mfg. Ltd. Partnership v. Whirlpool Corp.

ELR Citation: ELR 20039
No(s). 04-1762 (7th Cir. Feb 11, 2005)

The Seventh Circuit held that the adequacy of a "no further remediation" letter issued by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency is an issue for the state agency to decide. Under a contract between the former owner and subsequent owner of land, the former owner would be released from all claim...