Legal Opinion
Minnesota v. Kalman W. Abrams Metals, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 17, 1998No. 97-3545PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
The State of Minnesota has sued to recover costs incurred by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) in cleaning up lead-contaminated soils. The defendants are present and former owners of companies that furnished scrap wire to the site’s proprietor for an environmentally unsound recycling process. The State asserts claims under the federal “superfund” law, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601-75, and its state law counterpart, the Minnesota Environmental Response and Liability Act (MERLA),…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- United States v. Northeastern Pharmaceutical & Chemical Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
- United States v. R.W. Meyer, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1989
- In the Matter of Bell Petroleum Services, Inc., Debtor. United States Environmental Protection Agency v. Sequa Corporation and Chromalloy American Corp., United States of America v. Bell Petroleum Services, Inc., Regal International, Inc. And John R. Leigh, Sequa Corporation and Chromalloy American Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
- United States v. HardageCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1992
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3Cited by41 opinions
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