Legal Opinion
In Re Acushnet River & New Bedford Harbor: Proceedings Re Alleged PCB Pollution
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided April 27, 1989No. Civ. A. 83-3882-YPublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER CONCERNING PARTIAL SETTLEMENT
YOUNG, District Judge.
These partially consolidated cases are presently before the Court for approval of a Partial Consent Decree (the “Proposed Decree”) between the plaintiffs, the United States of America and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (hereinafter, the “sovereigns”), and the defendant AYX Corporation (“AVX”). 1 The Proposed Decree attempts to resolve the liability of AVX for injury to natural resources allegedly caused by the release of polychlorinated biphenyls (“PCBs”) during its ownership and operation of a capacitor manufacturing…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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- United States v. Chem-Dyne Corp.District Court, S.D. Ohio · 1983
- Dedham Water Company v. Cumberland Farms Dairy, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
- Nancy Anne Spangler, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellee v. Pasadena City Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- United States v. Reilly Tar & Chemical Corp.District Court, D. Minnesota · 1982
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3Cited by60 opinions
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- United States v. Cannons Engineering Corp.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- United States v. Pretty Products, Inc.District Court, S.D. Ohio · 1991
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