ELR Citation: ELR 20852
No(s). CIV-2-81-55 (E.D. Tenn. Apr 15, 1981)

The district court denies defendant's motion for summary judgment in an action alleging discharges of a pollutant in violation of §301(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. The defendant is to be judged under a standard of strict liability. Its allegation that its discharges were made pursuant to a contract fail to demonstrate that there is no genuine issue of material fact or that the complaint has no legal basis.

Counsel for Plaintiff
Richard Harris; John H. Cary, U.S. Attorney
P.O. Box 872, Knoxville TN 37901
(615) 637-9300

Leslie M. Madden
Land and Natural Resources Division
Department of Justice, Washington DC 20530
(202) 633-5254

Counsel for Defendant
William M. Leech Jr., Attorney General; William B. Hubbard, Lee Breckenridge
450 James Robertson Pkwy., Nashville TN 37219
(615) 741-1376

John L. Bowers
Allen, Nelson & Bowers
201-205 Dungan Arcade, Elizabethton TN 37643
(615) 542-4154