Shell Oil Co. v. United States

ELR Citation: ELR 20081
No(s). 06-141 (Fed. Cl. Mar 31, 2009)

The Court of Federal Claims awarded $84 million to four oil companies for costs they incurred cleaning up waste stemming from the production of aviation gasoline during World War II under contracts with the U.S. government. The government argued that the oil companies are not entitled to recover all...