United States Ninth Circuit
Asarco LLC v. Atlantic Richfield Company, 14-35723
Affirming that a settlement agreement entered into under authority other than the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) may give rise to a CERCLA contribution action, and that a corrective measure under a different environmental statute can qualify as a response under CERCLA, but also finding that a company seeking contribution for payments made toward a settlement against another party that contributed to the subject pollution had not resolved its liability, triggering the statute of limitations, until much later than the district court had found, and vacating and remanding the case for this reason.
Appellate Information
- Published 2017/08/10
Judges
- CALLAHAN
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit