Legal Opinion
Truck Components Inc., and Brillion Iron Works, Inc. v. Beatrice Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 21, 1998No. 96-3018PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
. EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
In 1983 Beatrice Company turned Brillion Iron Works, until then a division, into a wholly-owed subsidiary. In 1984 Beatrice spun off the subsidiary, selling the stock to a small group of investors, who in 1988 resold the stock to Truck Components Inc. (TCI). Brillion and TCI now demand that their predecessors in interest bear’ the costs of environmental cleanup at and near Brillion’s works in Wisconsin. They invoke § 107 of CERCLA (the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. § 9607), § 7002 of RCRA (the Resource…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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