Legal Opinion
United States v. Atlantic Research Corp.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 11, 2007No. 06-562PublishedCited by 317 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thomas
Two provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) — §§ 107(a) and 113(f) — allow private parties to recover expenses associated with cleaning up contaminated sites. 42 U. S. C. §§ 9607(a), 9613(f). In this case, we must decide a question left open in Cooper Industries, Inc. v. Aviall Services, Inc., 543 U. S. 157, 161 (2004): whether § 107(a) provides so-called potentially responsible parties (PRPs), 42 U. S. C. §§9607(a)(l)-(4), with a cause of action to recover costs from other PRPs. We hold that it does.
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