Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Wyeth Laboratories
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 27, 1974No. Appeal, No. 1136 C.D. 1972PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
President Judge Bowman,
Wyeth Laboratories (Wyeth) owns property in the Borough of West Chester, Chester County, where it is engaged in the manufacture of chemical products. This property was purchased by Wyeth for this purpose in 1948, but prior thereto, the property was used by the Borough as a public dump and pest house. Inter alia, waste gypsum, other chemicals, and other trash and refuse were dumped onto this property prior to Wyeth’s purchase. Due to the underlying nonpermeable clay-type soil of the property (six to eight feet thick), flowing subsurface waters are under…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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3Cited by9 opinions
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