Legal Opinion
ASARCO v. Union Pacific Railroad Company
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 8, 2014No. 13-2830PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RILEY, Chief Judge.
Two companies with a business relationship dating back to the nineteenth century call upon us to resolve their dispute about environmental liability for a lead refinery and smelter — once among the world’s largest — which polluted Omaha, Nebraska, for over a hundred years. The former American Smelting and Refining Company, today known simply as ASARCO, LLC (As-arco), claims the Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) has contributed too small a share of the clean-up cost. Asarco paid approximately $200 million to settle with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which…
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