Legal Opinion

Kalamazoo River Study Group v. Rockwell International Corporation and Eaton Corporation

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided January 14, 2004No. 01-2453, 02-2192PublishedCited by 47 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MOORE, Circuit Judge.

In 1990, federal and state environmental authorities officially recognized the massive polychlorinated biphenyls (“PCB”) contamination of the Kalamazoo River in Michigan by placing a portion of the river on the National Priorities List (“NPL”). The ensuing litigation over which entities were responsible for what share of the considerable investigation and cleanup costs has traced an eight-year oscillation through and between various levels of the federal court system. In the latest appearance in our courthouse, Plaintiff-Appellant Kalamazoo River Study Group…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Rufo v. Inmates of Suffolk County JailSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  2. Darrell D. Thurman v. Yellow Freight Systems, Inc., Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1996
  3. Blue Diamond Coal Co. v. Trustees of the Umwa Combined Benefit Fund, (99-6110), Secretary of Health and Human Services, (99-6111)Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2001
  4. Twelve John Does v. District of Columbia Appeal of Edwin A. Meese, Iii, Attorney General of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1988
  5. United Food & Commercial Workers Union, Local 1099 v. Southwest Ohio Regional Transit AuthorityCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1998

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3Cited by47 opinions

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