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Nevada ex rel. Nev. Dep't of Transp. v. United States

The court holds that the vendor of a parcel that Nevada acquired as a highway right-of-way is liable under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) for response costs the state incurred in removing hazardous waste that the vendor's predecessor in interest ge...

SmithKline Beecham Corp. v. Rohm & Haas Co.

The court holds that liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) for a pharmaceutical company's contamination of a site must be equitably apportioned between the former parent of the company's successor and the corporation that purchased the suc...

Louisiana Envtl. Action Network v. Browner

The court holds that challenges by petitioner environmental groups, utilities, and trade associations to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) rules for delegating to states its authority to regulate hazardous air pollutant emissions and accidental releases are nonjusticiable. The court...

Texas Mun. Power Agency v. EPA

The court upholds the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) allocation of initial sulfur dioxide emission allowances to several utilities under the acid rain program. EPA calculated the allowances for each utility using EPA's National Allowance Database (NADB). The NADB contains data on eac...

Lion Oil Co. v. Tosco Corp.

The court upholds a district court decision that a sale agreement and release for the purchase of an oil refinery unambiguously limit the seller's potential contribution liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) for the buyer's costs in cleani...

Mahler v. U.S. Forest Serv.

The court upholds the U.S. Forest Service's decision to allow clearcutting and to conduct a salvage timber sale in the Hoosier National Forest. The court first holds that an amendment to the Hoosier National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan that permits clearcutting under certain circumstanc...

Interfaith Community Org. v. AlliedSignal, Inc.

The court holds that on-going remediation efforts at a former chemical production site do not preclude a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) §7002(a)(1)(B) citizen suit against the chemical manufacturer's successor and the site's current owners. The New Jersey Department of Environmental ...

New York v. Lashins Arcade Co.

The court holds that the current owner of a shopping center is not liable under §107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) for costs New York and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) incurred in investigating and cleaning up groundwater c...

Marriott Corp. v. Simkins Indus., Inc.

The court holds that the costs a corporation incurred in cleaning up a paper mill site it purchased from a paper recycling company are reasonable and consistent with the national contingency plan (NCP) under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), and that...

Kelley v. A.T. Wagner

The court denies a motion to enter a Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) consent decree between Michigan and a potentially responsible party (PRP) at the Metamora Landfill site that would protect the PRP from CERCLA §113(f) contribution claims relating to ...