cleanup costs
New York v. Solvent Chemical Co.
The Second Circuit held that a lower court should have granted a chemical manufacturer's request for declaratory judgment against adjoining property owners under CERCLA for future costs it will incur cleaning up industrial pollution...
Exxon Mobil Corp. v. United States
The Court of Federal Claims held that the U.S. government is liable for costs an oil company incurred cleaning up contamination stemming from the production of aviation gasoline at its Baytown, Texas, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana,...
United States v. ARG Corp.
A district court granted a city's motion to dismiss a company's third-party complaint against it for reimbursement of cleanup costs the U.S. government incurred responding to hazardous substances at an industrial site formerly owned by...
Stimson Lumber Co. v. International Paper Co.
A district court held that a lumber company's CERCLA action against the former owner of the company's sawmill and plywood manufacturing...
Sullins v. Exxon/Mobil Corp
A district court ruled in favor of the defendant in a property owners' suit seeking to recover damages, cleanup costs, and a cleanup injunction resulting from environmental contamination on their property allegedly caused by an...