Legal Opinion
United Technologies Corporation v. Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 19, 1994No. 93-2253PublishedCited by 161 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This appeal demands that we clarify the relationship between cost recovery actions and contribution actions under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601-9675 (1987), as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), Pub.L. No. 99-499, § 101 et seq., 100 Stat. 1613 (1986). Having completed our task, we affirm the district court’s entry of summary judgment terminating appellants’ action as time-barred.
I. BACKGROUND
The essential facts are not in dispute. In 1981, after discovering…
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