United States Third Circuit
E.I. Dupont de Nemours & Co. v. US, 04-2096
In an action brought by owners and operators of industrial facilities contaminated with hazardous waste seeking a ruling that the government must contribute a share of cleanup costs under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), the court finds pursuant to controlling precedent that, because the owners/operators were themselves partly responsible for the contamination at the subject sites, and their cleanups were voluntary, they may not seek contribution from other potentially responsible parties including the government.
Appellate Information
- Argued 04/17/2006
- Decided 08/29/2006
- Published 08/29/2006
Judges
- Before SLOVITER, AMBRO, and MICHEL, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Third Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- William H. Hyatt, Jr. (Argued), Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis, John McGahren, Patton Boggs, Newark, NJ, for Appellants., Michael W. Steinberg, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington, DC, for Amicus-Appellants Superfund Settlements Project and American Chemistry Council.
- For Appellees:
- John T. Stahr, Ellen J. Durkee (Argued), United States Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC, for Appellees.