Legal Opinion
United States v. Barrier Industries, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 27, 1998No. 95 Civ. 9114(JSR)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM ORDER
RAKOFF, District Judge.
In October, 1995, the United States commenced this action under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq. (“CERCLA”), seeking (i) recovery of response costs expended by the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) in cleaning up a former site of (bankrupt) defendant Barrier Industries, Inc. (“Barrier”) operated by Barrier’s principal, defendant Kurt Wasserman (‘Wasserman”), and (ii) the avoidance as a fraudulent conveyance under the Federal Debt Collection Procedures Act of…
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