STATE OF COLO. v. ASARCO, INC.

Civ. A. No. 83-C-2388.

608 F.Supp. 1484 (1985)

STATE OF COLORADO, Plaintiff, v. ASARCO, INC., Resurrection Mining Company, the Res-Asarco Joint Venture, Defendants, v. LEADVILLE CORPORATION, Sharon Steel Corporation, C & H Development Corporation, Hecla Mining Company, Rock Hill Mines Company, Larry E. Andersen, Evelyn Furman, Herman Hauser, Calvin Hauser, Clay Hauser, Walter Plattner, William J. Whatley, Aldred T. Whatley, D.P. Canty, Margaret Plattner Counter, Third Party Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Colorado.

May 13, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Hykan, Richard L. Griffith, Janice L. Burnett, Asst. Attys. Gen., Natural Resources Section, Denver, Colo., for plaintiff.

Christopher Lane/Alan Gilbert/Ronald Eddy, Denver, Colo., Earl Madsen, Golden, Colo., Peter Cosgriff, Cosgriff, Dunn and Berry, Leadville, Colo., Richard Greengard/Robert Simon, Greengard & Senter, Donald Burkhardt, Denver, Colo., F. Alan Fletcher/John F. Waldo, Salt Lake City, Utah, John McClure/Ann Rice, Smart, Defurio & McClure, Denver, Colo., for defendants and third-party defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

CARRIGAN, District Judge.

The State of Colorado instituted this action against ASARCO, Inc., Resurrection Mining Company and the Res-ASARCO Joint Venture seeking recovery of response costs and damages for injury to natural resources pursuant to § 107 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act ("CERCLA"), 42 U.S.C. § 9607. The State alleges that hazardous substances have been released...

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