ELR Citation: ELR 20841
No(s). 72 CR 500 (N.D. Ill. Oct 20, 1972)

The court denies a motion to suppress evidence in a criminal action for water pollution against a corporation after finding that the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, §1161, was not intended to provide for corporate immunity through the actions of corporate employees. The person in charge of a facility which generates an oil spill acts in his own behalf in giving notification of the spillage, and shields only himself from prosecution under the Rivers and Harbors Appropriations Act, with his notification and information developed from it serving as evidence.

Counsel for Plaintiff
James R. Thompson, U.S. Attorney
Federal Building
Chicago, IL 60605

Counsel for Defendant
Eugene W. Beeler Jr.
Winston & Strawn
One First National Plaza
Chicago, IL 60670