Legal Opinion
Asarco LLC v. Goodwin
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 25, 2014No. Docket No. 13-3954-cvPublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GERARD E. LYNCH, Circuit Judge:
This case requires us to decide whether, in 2014, the Trustees of the residuary trust created by the will of John D. Rockefeller Sr. in 1937 may be made to contribute to cleanup costs of environmental contamination allegedly caused by corporations controlled by Rockefeller in Washington State between 1892 and 1903. The answer to *194that question turns on a number of provisions of federal and state law.
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601-9675 (“CERCLA”), imposes liability for cleanup costs…
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