United States Eighth Circuit

Class action suit for recovery of response costs against owner and operator of lead smelter and refinery lacks subject matter jurisdiction, as tests paid for by plaintiffs' attorneys do not constitute clean-up costs under CERCLA.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/28/2000
• Published 11/28/2000

Judges

• McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge., Before McMILLIAN, FLOYD R. GIBSON  and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David Hoff, argued, Seattle, Washington (Richard A. DeWitt and Robert S. Lannin, Omaha, Nebraska, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Steven J. Rosenbaum, argued, Washington, DC (Peter J. Nickles, Elliot Schulder, Thomas L. Cobbage, III, and Stephen M. Bruckner, on the brief), for Defendant-Appellee.