Metropolitan Sanitary Dist. of Greater Chicago v. United States

ELR Citation: ELR 21287
No(s). 88 C 5407 (N.D. Ill. Apr 20, 1990)

The court holds that a metropolitan sanitary district's claim for civil penalties against the United States Navy for failure to comply with a sewage discharge agreement is barred by the doctrine of sovereign immunity. The court first holds that it has subject matter jurisdiction under §313 of the F...