United States Fifth Circuit

A plaintiff cannot claim contribution based on the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 USC 9613(f)(1), unless plaintiff actually incurred or at least faced liability under a CERCLA administrative abatement or cost recovery action.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/14/2001
• Published 08/14/2001

Judges

• EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:, Before KING, Chief Judge, and JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, JONES, SMITH, WIENER, BARKSDALE, EMILIO M. GARZA, DeMOSS, BENAVIDES, STEWART, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Richard Oran Faulk (argued), Gardere, Wynne & Sewell, Houston, TX, Cynthia J. Bishop, Gardere, Wynne & Sewell, Dallas, TX, for Aviall Services, Inc., Dale E. Stephenson (argued), Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Cleveland, OH, Elizabeth Ellen Mack, Locke, Liddell & Sapp, Dallas, TX, for Cooper Industries, Inc., Paul Stanley Weiland, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Div., Washington, DC, for United States of America, Amicus Curiae., Tracy Don Hester, Timothy A. Wilkins, Bracewell & Patterson, Houston, TX, for American Petroleum Institute, American Chemistry Council, Texas Oil & Gas Ass'n and Texas Chemical Council, Amici Curiae., Michael W. Steinberg, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Washington, DC, for Superfund Settlements Project, Amicus Curiae.