United States v. Hooker Chems. & Plastics Corp.

ELR Citation: ELR 20354
No(s). CIV-79-990C (W.D.N.Y. Aug 25, 1989)

The court holds that Occidental Chemical Company is liable for creating a public nuisance at the Love Canal landfill even though Occidental gave the new owner notice that hazardous wastes had been disposed of in the canal. Occidental deposited 40 million pounds of liquid and solid chemical waste in ...