Legal Opinion
Employers Insurance of Wausau, a Mutual Company v. Carol M. Browner, Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 17, 1995No. 94-2005, 94-2006 and 94-2081PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
We have consolidated the appeals in two intimately related cases that arise under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601 et seq. The Act, also known (in its current, amended form) as the Superfund law, requires that sites contaminated by toxic wastes be cleaned up by or at the expense of the persons responsible for the contamination. In one of the cases, Employers Insurance of Wausau, an insurance company that the EPA had ordered to clean up a contaminated site, sued the President of the United…
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