Legal Opinion
United States v. Saporito
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided February 9, 2010No. 07 C 3169PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
REBECCA R. PALLMEYER, District Judge.
Beginning in December 2003, the United States spent $1.5 million to clean up hazardous substances at a site on the northwest side of Chicago where the Crescent Plating Works once operated. In this lawsuit under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (“CERCLA”), the government seeks to recover these funds from Defendants James Saporito and Paul Carr. According to the government, Saporito ran the operation from 1997 to 1999 and again from 2001 to 2003 when he was also an owner, and Carr…
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