Legal Opinion
Iowa Comprehensive Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Fund Board v. Shell Oil Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided February 16, 2000No. 99-1251PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CADY, Justice.
This appeal and cross-appeal concern the responsibility of a petroleum refiner and supplier under the Iowa Comprehensive Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Fund Act, Iowa Code chapter 455G (1997) (Tank Fund Act) for the clean up costs of petroleum released into the ground from an underground storage tank.
I. Background Facts and Proceedings.
Shell Oil Company began operating a gas station in DeWitt, Iowa in 1955. The station was located on a corner lot leased by Shell. The station sold gasoline and petroleum products under the Shell trademark. The gasoline was stored on the…
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