Legal Opinion
Pmc, Inc. v. Sherwin-Williams Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 30, 1998No. 97-2884, 97-3773PublishedCited by 164 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
In 1985, PMC, the plaintiff in this toxic-waste suit, bought from the defendant, Sher-win-Williams, a plant on the south side of Chicago in which Sherwin-Williams had been manufacturing paints, insecticides, and other chemicals for a century or so. Since 1992, PMC has been required by Illinois’ environmental protection agency to clean up toxic waste discovered at the site, and it faces the prospect of future costs in an unknown amount to comply fully with the agency’s demands. On the authority of sections 107(a) and 113(f)(1) of CERCLA (Comprehensive Environmental…
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