ELR Citation: ELR 21021
No(s). 83 Civ. 6402 (RPP) (S.D.N.Y. Jan 9, 1991)

The court holds that various sets of counterclaims raised by a corporate defendant in a Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) cost recovery action are not duplicitous, and CERCLA does not authorize private-party recovery of attorney fees. The state of New Yor...