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KEY TRONIC CORP. v. UNITED STATES

No. 93-376.

511 U.S. 809 (1994)

KEY TRONIC CORP. v. UNITED STATES et al.

United States Supreme Court.

Decided June 6, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark W. Schneider argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were James R. Moore, Michael Himes, and Kathryn L. Tucker.

Deputy Solicitor General Wallace argued the cause for the United States. With him on the briefs were Solicitor General Days, Acting Assistant Attorney General Schiffer, Ronald J. Mann, Anne S. Almy, David C. Shilton, and M. Alice Thurston.*

Stevens, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and O'Connor, Kennedy, Souter, and Ginsburg, JJ., joined. Scalia, J., filed an opinion dissenting in part, in which Blackmun and Thomas, JJ., joined, p. 821.

Justice Stevens, delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner Key Tronic Corporation, one of several parties responsible for contaminating a landfill, brought this action to recover a share of its cleanup costs from other responsible parties. The question presented is whether attorney's fees are "necessary costs of response" within the meaning of § 107(a)(4)(B) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as...

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