United States Sixth Circuit

Under Ohio law, plaintiff could pierce the corporate veil to also hold sole shareholder of company jointly liable under CERCLA for plaintiff's response costs in clean-up of polluted site even if shareholder observed all corporate formalities.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/23/2001
• Published 01/23/2001

Judges

• Before:  BOGGS and SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judges;  ALDRICH, District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• R. Joseph Parker (argued), Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, Cincinnati, OH, Keith Anthony Kavinsky (briefed), Terence L. Gallagher (briefed), Columbus, OH, Kenneth S. Geller, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Washington, DC, for Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Richard T. Schnars (argued and briefed), John A. Daily (briefed), Daily & Schnars, Uniontown, OH, for Appellee.