Legal Opinion

Trinity Industries Inc v. Greenlease Holding Co

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided September 11, 2018No. 16-1994; 16-2244PublishedCited by 50 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JORDAN, Circuit Judge.

OPINION OF THE COURT

This is a dispute about the proper allocation of costs to remediate a contaminated manufacturing site in Greenville, Pennsylvania. From 1910 until 1986, Greenlease Holding Co. ("Greenlease"), 1 a subsidiary of the Ampco-Pittsburgh Corporation ("Ampco"), owned the site and operated railcar manufacturing facilities there. Trinity Industries, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Trinity Industries Railcar Co. (together referred to as "Trinity"), acquired the site from Greenlease in 1986 and continued to manufacture railcars there until 2000. An…

2Cases cited44 opinions

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  4. Murphy v. Duquesne University of Holy GhostSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
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