ELR Citation: ELR 20837
No(s). A50/51 (N.J. Jul 21, 1983)

The New Jersey Supreme Court upholds the retroactive liability provision of the Spill Compensation and Control Act and imposes strict joint and several liability on past owners of a mercury processing plant for the discharge of mercury into Berry's Creek in the Hackensack Meadowlands.
First, the co...