Hanna v. John Mitchell, Inc. (In Re Gull Industries, Inc.)
United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Ninth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JONES, Bankruptcy Judge:
BACKGROUND
The debtor, Daniel C. Hanna (“Hanna”), and appellant, Gull Industries, Inc. (“Gull”), owned adjacent filling stations in Gresham, Oregon. Both filling stations leaked petroleum products into the soil, causing contamination. However, only Hanna’s leakage reached the groundwater. The contamination of the groundwater is apparently a slow, continuing process which occurs after the soil is saturated with petroleum.
Gull began cleaning up its site in August 1989, in conjunction with the sale of its property to BP Oil Company (“BP”). That sales agreement…
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