Cyprus Amax Minerals Co. v. TCI Pacific Communications, Inc.

ELR Citation: 45 ELR 20033
No(s). 11-CV-0252 (N.D. Okla. Feb 2, 2015) (Eagan, J.)

A district court held that a corporation may be held liable under CERCLA for contamination stemming from smelting operations in the early 1900s by a subsidiary of the corporation's predecessor. Considering the totality of the circumstances, the smelting company was the alter ego of the corporation's...