# BRIDGEVIEW JOINT VENTURE
> **Judicial** · FY1998 · — · Default Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `30958`
- **Case Number:** 05-1998-0355
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Default Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- BRIDGEVIEW ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNER (complaint) (settlement)
- BRIDGEVIEW JOINT VENTURE (complaint) (settlement)
- BRIDGEVIEW SIMON, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- CHARLES MALL COMPANY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (complaint) (settlement)
- MELVIN SIMON AND ASSOCIATES, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- SIMON DEBARTOLO GROUP (complaint) (settlement)
- SIMON PROPERTY GROUP (DE), INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- SIMON PROPERTY GROUP (ILLINOIS) (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

Escrow account created as part of the SWANCC decision.

IN NOVEMBER 1998, SIMON FILED A MOTION FOR DISPUTE RESOLUTION WITH THE COURT.  THEY ASKED FOR THE COURT TO FIND THAT   THEY OWNED $0 IN STIPULATED PENALTIES.  AFTER ANOTHER        UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT AT SETTLEMENT, THE PARTIES ENGAGED IN   WRITTEN AND ORAL DISCOVERY.  ON JULY 9, 2001, SIMON MOVED    TO VACATE THE CONSENT DECREE BASED ON THE SUPREME COURTS'    SWANCC DECISION OF JANUARY, 2001.  THE PARTIES THEN          NEGOTIATED A SETTLEMENT OF SIMON'S REMAINING OBLIGATIONS     UNDER THE CONSENT DECREE.  UNDER THIS SETTLEMENT, $225,000   WILL BE PLACED IN AN ESCROW ACCOUNT TO PAY FOR MAINTENANCE   OF THE WETLANDS AT BOTH THE RESTORATION AND MITIGATION       SITES.  THIS SETTLEMENT IS FINAL as of approximately March 2003.

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