Legal Opinion
New York v. National Service Industries, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 3, 2006No. Docket No. 05-4706-cvPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents a question of successor liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (“CERCLA”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601-9675 (2000). Specifically, the question before us is whether federal common law for purposes of determining corporate successor liability under CERC-LA incorporates state law — in this case, New York law — or displaces state law in favor of a uniform national rule derived from traditional common-law principles. We must then determine whether, under the applicable governing law,…
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