Legal Opinion
Atlantic Research Corp. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 11, 2006No. 05-3152PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSENBAUM, District Judge.
Atlantic Research Corporation (“Atlantic”) seeks partial reimbursement from the United States for costs incurred in an environmental cleanup. Atlantic’s claim is based on the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“CERCLA”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601-9675 (2005), as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (“SARA”), Pub.L. No. 99-499, 100 Stat. 1613, 1615. The issue for consideration is whether CERCLA forbids a party such as Atlantic, which has voluntarily cleaned up a site for which it was only partly responsible,…
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