United States Ninth Circuit

In suit for allocation of super-fund clean-up costs, the government was not liable for non-benzol costs as an "arranger," under CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. section 9607(a)(3).

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/04/2001
• Decided 02/11/2002
• Published 02/11/2002

Judges

• Before:  TROTT, THOMAS and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Todd S. Kim, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for plaintiff-appellant-cross-appellee United States., Timothy R. Patterson, Deputy Attorney General, California Department of Justice, San Diego, CA, for plaintiff-cross-appellee State of California., Ronald L. Olson, Peter R. Taft, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for defendants-appellees-cross-appellants Shell Oil Company, et al.