Ira P. DAIGLE and Mary L. Daigle; John Beaver and Mary Winter; Donald E. Bonner and Julie A. Bonner, and as parents, natural guardians and next friends of Jamie Bonner and Julie A. Bonner as parent, legal guardian and next friend of Stephanie Palaoro; Jay Brown and Mary Jane Brown; Johnny Ray Brown; Emma C. Anderes; Carl J. Buschman and Jeanette Buschman, and as parents, natural guardians and next friends of Catherine L. Buschman; Trudy J. Clark; Wayne Crum; Diana Crum; Don S. Daigle and Julie L. Daigle, and as parents, natural guardians and next friends of Justin S. Daigle, Travis S. Daigle and Elizabeth M. Daigle; Douglas D. Daigle and Felecia M. Daigle, and as parents, natural guardians and next friends of Shane R. Daigle, Amanda M. Daigle and Melissa D. Daigle; John Dowd; Violet St. Dennis; Alvin Dowd; Mary E. Fuller; Mary Holmes; Dorothy Waller; Jeffery A. Hudson and Brita A. Hudson, and as parents, natural guardians and next friends of Christina D. Hudson; Stephanie Izzo; Thomas Izzo; Michael Jennings and Mindy Jennings, and as parents, natural guardians and next friends of Hanna Adel Jennings, Jessica Ann Jennings and Michael Jedidiah Jennings; Gordon Allen MacDonald; Robert Joseph MacDonald; Herbert L. Maes; Edward J. Mikec; Pearl C. Myers; Gary Phillips and Leeanne Phillips, and as parents, natural guardians and next friends of Karen Phillips and Lea Ann Phillips as parent, legal guardian and next friend of Donald Taylor; Elmae M. Rice; Erwin W. Rice and Karlene K. Rice and as parents, natural guardians and next friends of Arlo Rice; Paula Rice; Roger Rice; Porter Richardson; Carolyn M. Roberts; James B. Roberts; Alma Roberts; Ernest G. Trujillo and Charlotte Ann Trujillo, and as parents, natural guardians and next friends of Jessica J. Trujillo and Emily M. Trujillo; James E. Walters; Helen L. Walters; Rudy L. Martinez, and as parent, natural guardian and next friend of Edward Paul Martinez; Julian Montoya and Gloria Montoya, and as parents, natural guardians and next friends of Jesse Montoya; Louise Dean; Fred Scoggins and Patricia Scoggins, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants,
v.
SHELL OIL COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, and
United States of America, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.
ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Amicus Curiae.
United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
August 18, 1992.
August 18, 1992.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Anthony Roisman of Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, Washington, D.C. (Ann C. Yahner, Michael D. Hausfeld, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, Kathleen Mullen, John R. Holland, Denver, Colo., Howard Sedran, Levin, Fishbein, Sedran & Berman, Philadelphia, Pa., with him, on the brief), for Daigle, et al.
Linnea Brown, Holme Roberts & Owen, Denver, Colo. (Edward J. McGrath and Robert Tuchman, Holme Roberts & Owen, with her, on the brief), for Shell Oil Co.
Edward J. Shawaker, Atty., Environmental and Natural Resources Div., and Steven M. Talson, Atty., Torts Branch, Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C. (Richard B. Stewart and Stuart M. Gerson, Asst. Attys. Gen., Barry M. Hartman, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., J. Patrick Glynn, Director, and J. Charles Kruse, Sp. Litigation Counsel, Torts Branch, Civ. Div., Anne S. Almy, Bradley S. Bridgewater and David A. Carson, Attys., Environmental and Natural Resources Division, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., with them, on the brief), for U.S.
Joseph J. Bronesky, Sherman & Howard, Denver, Colo., John D. Aldock, Franklin D. Kramer, Micahel S. Giannotto, Joseph F. Yenouskas, Shea & Gardner, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae Rockwell Intern. Corp. in support of Shell Oil Co.
Before LOGAN, MOORE and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.
BALDOCK, Circuit Judge.
This toxic tort case arises from the cleanup effort at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal (the Arsenal), a federally controlled Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) site near Commerce City, Colorado. 42 U.S.C.A. § 9601 et seq. The Plaintiffs-appellees, a group of individuals who reside near the Arsenal, seek "response costs" from Defendants-appellants Shell Oil Company (Shell) and the Government...
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