Legal Opinion

United States v. Hercules, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided April 10, 2001No. 99-3684, 99-3685, 00-1473PublishedCited by 51 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WOLLMAN, Chief Judge.

Hercules, Inc. (Hercules) and Uniroyal Chemical Co. (Uniroyal) raise various claims arising from a series of decisions made by the district court over the past decade finding them jointly and severally liable to the United States for environmental cleanup costs and allocating such costs between them pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601-9675 (1995 & Supp.2000), as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), Pub.L. No. 99-499, 11 Stat. 1613. We affirm in part and…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Babbitt v. United Farm Workers National UnionSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Eastern Enterprises v. ApfelSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
  3. Key Tronic Corp. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  4. United States v. Chem-Dyne Corp.District Court, S.D. Ohio · 1983
  5. General Electric Company v. Litton Industrial Automation Systems, Inc. And Litton Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990

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3Cited by51 opinions

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  3. California Department of Toxic Substances Control v. Alco Pacific, Inc.District Court, C.D. California · 2002
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  5. Morrison Enterprises, LLC v. Dravo Corp.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2011

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