Legal Opinion
Akzo Coatings, Incorporated, and the O'Brien Corporation v. Aigner Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 12, 1994No. 92-3820PublishedCited by 140 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
After completing the emergency clean-up work they were ordered to perform at a hazardous waste site in Indiana, Akzo Coatings, Incorporated and The O’Brien Corporation (collectively, “Akzo”) brought suit for contribution against Aigner Corporation and a number of other companies (collectively, “Aigner”) that allegedly had generated wastes which had been treated or disposed of at that site. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of Aigner, finding that Akzo’s work was a “matter addressed” by the consent decree that Aigner had entered into with…
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