ELR Citation: ELR 20883
No(s). 89-2927 (7th Cir. May 8, 1990)

The court holds that a city's removal of plaintiff's sanitary landfill from the city's list of approved solid waste disposal site does not violate plaintiff's equal protection rights. The city's concerns that chemicals from refuse deposited at the landfill might seep into the water supply and that, as a former user of the landfill, it might be liable for cleanup costs are rational grounds for governmental action. The court refrains from deciding whether plaintiff is subject to sanctions, since defendants' Rule 11 motion is pending before the district court, but implies that plaintiff has engaged in sanctionable conduct.

[The district court's decision is published at 20 ELR 20293.]

Counsel for Plaintiff-Appellant
Jeffrey Frandsen
Parr, Richey, Obremskey & Morton
121 Monument Cir., Ste. 500, Indianapolis IN 46204
(317) 632-3686

Counsel for Defendants-Appellees
R. Joseph Howell
Baker & Daniels
300 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis IN 46204
(317) 237-0300

Before WOOD, JR., EASTERBROOK, AND KANNE, Circuit Judges.