MICHIE V. GREAT LAKES STEEL DIV., NAT'L STEEL CORP., U.S.C.A., 495 F.2d 213 (Sixth Cir. 1974) CASE BRIEF

MICHIE V. GREAT LAKES STEEL DIV., NAT'L STEEL CORP.
495 F.2d 213 (6th Cir. 1974)
NATURE OF THE CASE: Great Lakes Steel (D) appealed a ruling which denied its motion dismiss Michie's (P) action to hold Ds jointly and severally liable for a nuisance arising from Ds' air pollution, contending that each P failed to satisfy 28 U.S.C.S 1332.
FACTS: Michie (P) and thirty-six other Canadians filed a federal diversity nuisance suit against three American corporations. One of the three corporations was D. Each plaintiff claimed between $11,000 to $35,000 in individual damages resulting from pollution discharged into the air by the three corporations. The injuries sustained from the plants of the three corporations were indivisible. D moved to have the complaint dismissed because each plaintiff failed to meet the $10,000 federal diversity requirement. The trial court denied that motion. D appealed.

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