Legal Opinion
State of NY v. Amro Realty Corp.
District Court, N.D. New York
Decided October 11, 1988No. 86-CV-1318PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCURN, Chief Judge.
MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER
BACKGROUND
In 1981, New York State environmental officials discovered pollution at a site owned by defendant Amro Realty Company (AMRO) and leased to a manufacturer, American Thermostat Corporation (AT) at South Cairo, New York. That same year the State of New York and several private resident citizens brought suits against AT and AMRO based on New York common and statutory law alleging that defendants had engaged in pollution from the early 1950’s through 1981 by disposing solvents including tetraehloroethylene and trichloro-ethylene into…
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