Legal Opinion
United States v. Akzo Nobel Coatings, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided January 7, 1998No. 95-71470PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION and ORDER
FEIKENS, District Judge.
I. BACKGROUND
Plaintiff United States of America (plaintiff), initiated this action based on the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation Liability Act (CÉRCLA) 1 to recover costs incurred by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) during the environmental cleanup of a landfill located in Lapeer County, Michigan. Plaintiff and a number of potentially responsible parties (PRPs) engaged in settlement negotiations prior to this suit’s filing on March 31, Í995. 2
The three defendants in the present dispute, Dow Chemical Company, Akzo Nobel…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 94,768 Phil A. Street and Clyde H. Street v. J.C. Bradford & CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
- Badaracco v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by11 opinions
- United States of America and State of Indiana v. Navistar International Transportation CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
- Sherwin-Williams Co. v. Artra Group, Inc.District Court, D. Maryland · 2001
- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. v. National Semiconductor Corp.District Court, N.D. California · 1999
- Cytec Industries, Inc. v. B.F. Goodrich Co.District Court, S.D. Ohio · 2002
- United States v. ManzoDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 2001
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