Columbia Falls Aluminum Company, LLC v. Atlantic Richfield Company

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MONTANA MISSOULA DIVISION COLUMBIA FALLS ALUMINUM CV 18-131-M—DWM COMPANY, LLC, Plaintiff, OPINION vs. and ORDER ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY, Defendant. This action arises out of a dispute between Plaintiff Columbia Falls Aluminum Company, LLC (“CFAC”) and Defendant Atlantic Richfield Company (“Arco”) over the parties’ respective environmental liabilities at an aluminum smelter in Columbia Falls, Montana (“the Site”). CFAC sued under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“CERCLA”) and its state analog…