Legal Opinion
STATE OF ARKANSAS, EX REL. BRYANT v. Dow Chemical Co.
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Decided November 5, 1997No. Civil LR-C-96-1032PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
GEORGE HOWARD, Jr., District Judge.
The ongoing saga of the Vertac Plant Site in Jacksonville, Arkansas continues in this latest action. In the previous action, Dow Chemical Company (Dow) and the State of Arkansas (State) settled certain claims under state and federal environmental laws, with the exception of “natural resource damage” claims. 1 The State now seeks to assert the “natural resource damage” claims against Dow under four Arkansas statutes. Dow has filed a motion to dismiss the amended complaint.
The State’s 1991 complaint against Dow (the previous action) centered on the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Landgraf v. USI Film ProductsSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- United States v. WardSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- United States v. ITT Continental Baking Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
- William ALPERN and Russell D. Miller, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Appellants, v. UTILICORP UNITED, INC., AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996
- Henson v. Fleet Mortgage Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1995
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- Sewell v. Phillips Petroleum Co.District Court, W.D. Arkansas · 2002