HARRIS COUNTY v. INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY

No. 01-15-00354-CV.

HARRIS COUNTY AND TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, Appellants, v. INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, First District, Houston.

Opinion issued October 6, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony W. Benedict , Mary Elizabeth Smith , for State of Texas, Appellant.

Mary Elizabeth Smith , Anthony W. Benedict , Linda B. Secord , for Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Appellant.

Rock William A. Owens , Debra Tsuchiyama Baker , John Muir , Earnest W. Wotring , William David George , for Harris County, Appellant.

Craig Andrew Stanfield , Winstol D. Carter, Jr. , Allyson Ho , for International Paper Company, Appellee.

Panel consists of Justices Bland, Brown, and Lloyd.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

International Paper Company, through its predecessor Champion Paper, operated a papermill in the 1960s. Its paper production process generated waste, known as sludge, which it contracted with McGinnes Industrial Maintenance Corporation, through its predecessor Ole Peterson, to have removed from...

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