Legal Opinion
A & W Smelter & Refiners, Inc. v. Clinton
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 24, 1998No. 97-15596PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge.
The Environmental Protection Agency ordered plaintiff to dispose of ore containing gold and silver because it also contained small quantities of lead. We must resolve various questions of statutory etymology on the way to deciding who must pay for this disposal.1
The Ore in Motion and at Rest
“Ore Pile #2” (02P) at A & W Smelter’s processing facility in the Mojave Desert contained ore that had been piling up since the Sixties. The ore included small amounts of silver and gold, not quite enough to justify smelting by A & W’s methods. Unhappily for A & W, the ore also…
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