UNITED STATES v. A & F MATERIALS CO., INC.

Civ. No. 83-3123.

582 F.Supp. 842 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, People of the State of Illinois, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Village of Greenup, Illinois, a municipal corporation, County of Cumberland, Illinois, a municipal corporation, and County of Richland, Illinois, a municipal corporation, Plaintiffs, v. A & F MATERIALS COMPANY, INC., Kenneth C. Ault, Frank A. Jones, R.C.D. Chemicals, Inc., Genet Refining and Recovery, Alva Runyon, Melva Runyon, Kaye L. Ault, Aluminum Company of America, Inc., A-M International, McDonnell Douglas Corporation, Northern Petrochemical Company, Cam-Or, Inc., Petrolite Corporation, Cumberland Laboratories, Inc., and Velma Runyon, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Illinois.

March 30, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Van Heuvelen, Land & Natural Resources Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Bruce Reppert, Robert Simpkins, Asst. U.S. Attys., East St. Louis, Ill., Jane Schulteis, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Robert Mueller, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Ill., Environmental Centrol Div., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

John P. Lynch, Laurence H. Levine, Mark A. Stegemoeller, Latham, Watkins, Hedlund, Hunter & Lynch, Chicago, Ill., John W. Leskera, Dunham, Boman & Leskera, East St. Louis, Ill., Burton M. Greenberg, London, Greenberg & Pleban, St. Louis, Mo., Max W. Hittle, Jr., Krieg, Devault, Alexander & Capehart, Indianapolis, Ind., S. Richard Heymann, Eric B. Rothenberg, Bryan, Cave, McPheeters & McRoberts, St. Louis, Mo., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

FOREMAN, Chief Judge:

Before the Court is a Motion for Summary Judgment filed by defendant McDonnell Douglas Corporation (MDC). The government's action against MDC is based on the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq. CERCLA imposes liability on generators of hazardous wastes who arrange for the disposal or treatment of their waste by a third party and the...

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