United States Sixth Circuit

Where parties agree in open court to the terms of a settlement agreement, and adequately clarify disputed provisions about the scope of agreed contribution protection under CERCLA, under 42 USC 9613, a meeting of the minds occurs on the settlement.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/16/2001
• Published 04/16/2001

Judges

• Before NELSON, SILER, and CLAY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Harry T. Quick (briefed), Martindale, Brzytwa & Quick, Cleveland, OH, for Eaton Corp., James H. Russell (briefed), Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, Eric J. Magnuson (argued), Rider, Bennett, Egan & Arundel, Minneapolis, MN, for Eaton Corp. in docket No. 99-1128.


• For Appellees:
  
• Ruben Acosta (argued and briefed), David H. Fink, Fink, Zausmer & Kaufman, Detroit, MI, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Robert Charles Davis (argued and briefed), Davis Law Group, Mt. Clemens, MI, for Defendants-Appellants and Defendants-Appellees.