Legal Opinion
Asarco LLC v. Atlantic Richfield Co.
Montana Supreme Court
Decided April 12, 2016No. DA 15-0464PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baker
¶1 Asarco LLC appeals the order of the First Judicial District Court, Lewis and Clark County, granting Atlantic Richfield Company’s motion for judgment on the pleadings and dismissing Asarco’s claims. We restate the issue on appeal as follows:
Whether the District Court correctly determined that claim preclusion bars Asarco’s claims.
¶2 We affirm.
PROCEDURAL AND FACTUAL BACKGROUND
¶3 For over one hundred years, Asarco and its predecessors operated a lead smelting facility in East Helena, Montana (the Site). From 1927 to 1972, Atlantic Richfield’s predecessor operated a zinc fuming plant on land…
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