Legal Opinion
City of Merced v. Fields
District Court, E.D. California
Decided March 12, 1998No. CV-F-92-5627 REC DLBPublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER RE MOTIONS TO DISMISS
COYLE, District Judge.
I. Introduction
On October 20, 1997, this court heard Vulcan Materials Company (“Vulcan”), Dow Chemical Company (“Dow”), and PPG Industries, Inc.’s (“PPG”) motion to dismiss R.A. Fields, Inc.’s (“Merced Laundry”) third-party CERCLA contribution/state-law equitable-indemnification action. Other third parties joined this motion on both sides, and some have filed what are in effect separate motions to dismiss. For the following reasons, this court grants the motions in part and denies them in part.
II. Background
The City and the Redevelopment Agency…
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