United States v. Argent Corp.

ELR Citation: ELR 20497
No(s). 83-0523 JB (D.N.M. May 4, 1984)

The court rules that the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) imposes strict, and, where the injury is indivisible, joint and several liability. Strict liability is the standard, the court holds, since that is the standard imposed by §311 of the Federal Wat...