Legal Opinion
Browning-Ferris Industries of Illinois, Inc. v. Richard Ter Maat
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 2, 1999No. 98-3204, 99-1360PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
Browning-Ferris and several other companies have brought a suit for contribution under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA — the Superfund statute). The suit is against Richard Ter Maat and two corporations of which he is (or was — one of the corporations has been sold) the president and principal shareholder; they are M.I.G. Investments, Inc. and AAA Disposal Systems, Inc.
Back in 1971 the owners of a landfill had leased it to a predecessor of Browning-Ferris, which operated it until the fall of 1975. Between then and 1988 it…
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