United States v. Union Corp.

MEMORANDUM

GILES, Chief Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

In 1980, the United States (“Plaintiff’ or “the Government”) sued individual defendants Irvin G. Schorsch, Jr. and John B. Schorsch, and corporate defendants Union Corporation and Metal Bank of America, Inc. (collectively “the Metal Bank defendants” or “third-party plaintiffs”), seeking reimbursement for past and future response costs to investigate the Cottman Avenue Superfund site (“the Site”) in Philadelphia and for enforcement pursuant to section 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental, Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”), 42…