Legal Opinion
Don A. Cose and Darlene A. Cose v. Getty Oil Company, a Delaware Corporation, and Texaco, Inc., a Delaware Corporation Four Star Oil and Gas Company
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 1, 1993No. 91-16575PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:
Don A. Cose and Darlene A. Cose (“the Coses”) appeal the district court’s grant of summary judgment dismissing them Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”), 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq., action against the Getty Oil Company (“Getty Oil”), et al. The CERCLA action sought recovery for response costs needed to clean subsurface crude oil tank bottom waste discovered on property purchased from Getty Oil. The tank bottom waste contains substances deemed hazardous under CERCLA. The district court based its dismissal on its conclusion that…
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