United States Second Circuit

Because the substantial continuity test departs from the federal common law rules of successor liability, it cannot be applied to determine whether a corporation takes on liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as the result of an asset purchase.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/20/2003
• Decided 12/17/2003
• Published 12/17/2003

Judges

• Before:  WALKER, Chief Judge, LEVAL, and KATZMANN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William F. Krebs, Galland, Kharasch, Greenberg, Fellman & Swirsky, P.C., (Steven John Fellman, David K. Monroe, on the brief), Washington, D.C. for Amicus Curiae Textile Rental Services Association of America, Inc., Jeffrey N. Martin, Hunton & Williams, Washington, D.C., (Eric J. Murdock, Henry V. Nickel, Douglas S. Burdin, Hunton & Williams, David S. Biderman, Jan S. Amundson, Washington, D.C., Steven Helm, Jo Lynn White, Scottsdale, AZ, on the brief), for Amici Curiae Allied Waste Industries, Inc., National Solid Wastes Management Association, and National Association of Manufacturers.


• For Appellees:
  
• Pedro Medina, Assistant Attorney General (Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General of the State of New York, Deon Nossel, Assistant Solicitor General, Gordon J. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, on the brief), New York, N.Y. for Plaintiff-Appellee., Patricia T. Barmeyer, King & Spalding, LLP (Griffin B. Bell, Beverlee E. Silva, Lewis B. Jones, on the brief), Atlanta, GA for Defendant-Appellant.