ELR Citation: ELR 21366
No(s). C-92-20677 RMW (N.D. Cal. May 7, 1993)

The court rules that the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) §§103(c) and 107(a) do not preclude assertion of equitable defenses, especially a defense based on execution of a release from liability. The plaintiff, a real estate development company that pu...