United States Second Circuit

In a suit to recover cost related to the clean up of hazardous substances, judgment in favor of defendant is affirmed where plaintiff is not eligible to seek contribution under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/18/2005
• Published 05/18/2005

Judges

• LEVAL, Circuit Judge., Before:  FEINBERG, LEVAL, STRAUB, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Alan J. Knauf and Linda R. Shaw, Knauf Shaw LLP, Rochester, N.Y. (Ronald L. Kuis, Pittsburgh, PA, on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• JoAnn T. Sandifer, Husch & Eppenberger, LLC, (David R. Dyroff, Jr., Michael D. Montgomery, on the brief), St. Louis, MO, for Defendant-Appellee Olin Corporation., David S. Fishback, Assistant Director, Environmental Torts Section, Civil Division, and Todd S. Aagaard, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice (Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division;  J. Patrick Glynn, Director, and Timothy B. Walthall, Attorney, Environmental Torts Section, Civil Division;  Thomas L. Sansonetti, Assistant Attorney General, and Michele Walter, Attorney, Environment & Natural Resources Division, on the brief), Washington, D.C., for Federal Appellees.