Legal Opinion
United States v. Hooker Chemicals & Plastics Corp.
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided March 17, 1994No. 1:79-cv-00990PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
CURTIN, District Judge.
I
INTRODUCTION
A. BACKGROUND
In 1979, plaintiffs State of New York (“State”) and the United States of America (“United States”) brought suit against defendant Hooker Chemicals & Plastics Corporation (“Hooker,” “OCC,” or “the Company”) 1 to recover the costs of cleaning up and insuring the safety of the Love Canal area pursuant to Section 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. § 9607(a) (“CERC LA”), and New York common law of public nuisance. Between 1942 and 1954, the site was used by Hooker as a…
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