Legal Opinion

Reading Co. v. City of Philadelphia

District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided May 11, 1993No. 91-2377PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

YOHN, District Judge.

The Reading Company (“Reading”) commenced a suit against defendants under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (“CERCLA”), as amended, 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 9601-9675 and the Pennsylvania Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act (“HSCA”), 35 Pa.Stat. Ann. §§ 6020.101-6020.1305. Reading seeks contribution from defendants for their share of the $8.6 million in clean-up costs already incurred by it, as well as any future costs incurred, in removing polychlorinated biphe-nyls (“PCBs”) from the viaduct which formerly bore tracks of…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Udall v. TallmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  3. Consumer Product Safety Commission v. GTE Sylvania, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1980
  4. Bowles v. Seminole Rock & Sand Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1945
  5. The State of New York v. Shore Realty Corp. And Donald LeograndeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. United States v. Steven M. SelfCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1993
  2. Castaic Lake Water Agency v. Whittaker Corp.District Court, C.D. California · 2003
  3. Smith v. WeaverSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  4. Sherwin-Williams Co. v. Artra Group, Inc.District Court, D. Maryland · 2001
  5. Waste Management of the Desert, Inc. v. Palm Springs Recycling Center, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1994

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