Legal Opinion

United States v. William M. Davis, Ashland, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided September 21, 2001No. 00-1400PublishedCited by 222 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Table of Contents

I Background .15

II The Consent Decrees.19

A. Background .19

1. Consent Decree I.19

2. Consent Decrees II, III, IV, and Capuano.20

3. The District Court Approval.20

B. • Reviewing the Approval of the Consent Decree.21

1. Standard of Review.21

2. Case or Controversy.21

3. Fairness.23

a. Procedural.23

b. Substantive.24

4. Reasonableness.25

5. Statutory Fidelity.26

6. Unconstitutional Taking.28

III The Declaratory Judgment.28

A. Background on CERCLA Contribution Actions.28

B. The District Court’s Declaratory Judgment Ruling.29

C. The Parties’ Challenges to the Declaratory…

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