FMC Corp. v. Northern Pump Co.

ELR Citation: ELR 20293
No(s). 4-84-1365 (D. Minn. Aug 20, 1987)

The court holds that the buyer of a contaminated hazardous waste site may not recover cleanup costs under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) from a seller that did not itself dispose of hazardous waste at the site, is not accountable for its subsidiary...