Illinois v. Corps of Eng'rs

ELR Citation: ELR 20698
No(s). 79 C 5406 (N.D. Ill. Jan 9, 1981)

The court holds that, for purposes of the Rivers and Harbors Act, the Kankakee River in Illinois and Indiana is a navigable water throughout its entire length. Although the Corps of Engineers had found the river to be nonnavigable above mile 84 in Indiana, the court finds that the evidence of the hi...