Legal Opinion
Team Enterprises, LLC v. Western Investment Real Estate Trust
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 26, 2011No. 10-16916PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge O’SCANNLAIN; Concurrence by Judge ST. EVE.
OPINION
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We must decide, among other things, whether the manufacturer of a machine used in the dry cleaning process may be held liable for contribution to environmental cleanup costs under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act.
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Plaintiff-Appellant Team Enterprises, LLC (“Team”) has, since 1980, leased space in a shopping center in Modesto, California, where it operates a dry cleaning store. From 1980 to 2004, Team used perchlorethylene (“PCE”), a volatile organic compound…
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