Legal Opinion
United States v. Aceto Agricultural Chemicals Corp.
District Court, S.D. Iowa
Decided February 26, 1988No. Civ. 87-21-WPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
DONALD E. O’BRIEN, Chief Judge.
This matter comes to the Court on motions to dismiss for failure to state a claim filed on behalf of each defendant. These motions challenge the authority of the United States and the State of Iowa to recover the costs of cleaning up a contaminated site of a defunct pesticide formulator through civil actions against the manufacturers who sent active pesticide ingredients to the site for formulation and packaging. The United States and the' State have filed actions under § 107(a)(3) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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3Cited by8 opinions
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