STATE OF MISSOURI v. INDEPENDENT PETROCHEMICAL CORP.

No. 83-2670C(2).

610 F.Supp. 4 (1985)

STATE OF MISSOURI, Plaintiff, v. INDEPENDENT PETROCHEMICAL CORP., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Missouri.

January 8, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Otto, Shelley Woods, Robert Lynn, David A. Taylor, Asst. Attys. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., for plaintiff.

F. William McCalpin, Shaw, Howlett & Schwartz, Ted L. Perryman, John J. Cole, St. Louis, Mo., Joseph M. Spivey, III, Richmond, Va., and Donald L. Schlapprizzi, St. Louis, Mo., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

FILIPPINE, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on the motion of defendant Syntex Agribusiness, Inc. (Agribusiness) to dismiss pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6).

This litigation arises out of the disposal of 2, 3, 7, 8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin, a hazardous substance that has unfortunately become a household name: dioxin. The State of Missouri filed this lawsuit under the Comprehensive Environmental...

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