Clear Lake Properties v. Rockwell Int'l Corp.

ELR Citation: ELR 21164
No(s). G-95-288 (S.D. Tex. Mar 19, 1997)

The court holds that a laboratory operator is liable for contribution under §113 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) to the lessee of adjacent contaminated property. The court first rejects the lessee's argument that it may maintain a cost recovery ...