State v. Bowling Green, City of

ELR Citation: ELR 20730
No(s). 73-182 (Ohio Jun 26, 1974)

The Ohio Supreme Court rules that the state, as trustee of its wildlife for the benefit of the public, has an obligation to bring suit for civil damages against a municipality whose negligent operation of a sewage treatment plant resulted in a fish kill in the Portage River. The municipality may not...