Legal Opinion
Whittaker Corporation v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 13, 2016No. 14-55385PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MURGUIA, Circuit Judge:
When two or more people have been found liable for someone’s injury, and one of them pays more than her fair share, the law often lets the person who paid too much recover from the others, in order to even things out. This is called the right to “contribution,” and it has deep roots in our statutory and common law. See Nw. Airlines, Inc. v. Transp. Workers Union of Am., AFL-CIO, 451 U.S. 77, 86-88, 101 S.Ct. 1571, 67 L.Ed.2d 750 (1981). CERCLA, a federal environmental statute, also allows people who pay to clean up pollution recover their costs from the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- United States v. Atlantic Research Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 2007
- United States v. William M. Davis, Ashland, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2001
- Solutia, Inc. v. McWane, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2012
- Bernstein v. BankertCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2012
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3Cited by19 opinions
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