Legal Opinion
State of Arizona v. Raytheon Company
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 1, 2014No. 10-35300PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge MILAN D. SMITH, Jr.; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge CALLAHAN.
OPINION
M. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal, we address a district court’s obligation to scrutinize the terms of a proposed consent decree under the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. § 9601-75 (CERCLA). In so doing, we reaffirm that a district court has an “obligation to independently scrutinize the terms of [such agreements],” by, inter alia, comparing “the proportion of total projected costs to be paid by the [settling parties] with the proportion of…
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