Legal Opinion
Hatco Corp. v. W.R. Grace & Co.—Conn.
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided July 27, 1992No. Civ. A. 89-1031PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WOLIN, District Judge.
Our society’s destruction of its own living environment is a problem that we increasingly must confront. For centuries humankind has polluted the Earth’s land, air and waterways with impunity, under the assumptions, now known to be false, that the Earth’s resources are inexhaustible, and that advances in technology would in any event solve our environmental problems faster than we could create them.
To some extent we are all responsible for the past lax practices of industry and government. 1 That we, through our representatives in government, tolerated standards…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Runyon v. McCrarySupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- The State of New York v. Shore Realty Corp. And Donald LeograndeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985
- State, Dept. of Environ. Protect. v. Ventron Corp.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1983
- Sondra L. McKenna and James R. McKenna v. Ortho Pharmaceutical CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Beazer East, Inc. v. The Mead CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
- Hatco Corporation v. W.R. Grace & Co.--Conn., a Corporation of the State of Connecticut, and Third-Party v. Allstate Insurance Company (As Successor to Northbrook Excess and Surplus Company) American Employers' Insurance Company Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London and the London Market Companies Commercial Union Insurance Company Continental Casualty Company Pacific Employers Insurance Company Unigard Security Insurance Company, Third-Party and Commercial Union Insurance Company, Third-Party and Fourth-Party v. Maryland Casualty Company, Fourth-Party and Fifth-Party v. American Centennial Insurance Company Evanston Insurance Company First State Insurance Company Gibraltar Casualty Company Hartford Casualty Insurance Company Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London and the London Market Companies Midland Insurance Company Reliance Insurance Company Republic Insurance Company Royal Indemnity Company Transport Indemnity, A/K/A Mission American Insurance Company Twin City Fire Insurance Company, Fifth-Party and W.R. Grace & Co.--Conn.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995
- Hatco Corp. v. W.R. Grace & Co.—Conn.District Court, D. New Jersey · 1992
- Yarchak v. Trek Bicycle Corp.District Court, D. New Jersey · 2002
- Apple Corps Ltd. v. International Collectors SocietyDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1998
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