UNITED STATES v. NEW CASTLE COUNTY

Civ. A. No. 80-489 LON.

642 F.Supp. 1270 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. NEW CASTLE COUNTY, William C. Ward, Stauffer Chemical Company and ICI Americas Inc., Defendants. NEW CASTLE COUNTY, Stauffer Chemical Company and ICI Americas Inc., Defendants/Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. AVON PRODUCTS, INC., NVF Company, the Budd Company, Hercules, Incorporated, Specialty Composites Corporation, Standard Chlorine of Delaware, Inc., Diamond Shamrock, American Hoechst Corporation, E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., Motor Wheel Corporation, General Motors Corporation, Chrysler Corporation, Witco Chemical Corporation, Amoco Chemical Corporation, Keysor-Century Corporation, Koppers Company, Inc., Chloramone Corporation, FMC Corporation, Allied Corporation, Westvaco Corporation, Wilmington Chemical Corporation, Gates Engineering, Atlantic Aviation Corporation, Kennecott Corporation, Champlain Cable Corporation, Ametek, Inc., State of Delaware and Harvey & Harvey, Third-Party Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Delaware.

July 17, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard G. Andrews, Dept. of Justice, Wilmington, Del., of counsel: Judith A. Dorsey, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Philadelphia, Pa., William D. Evans, Jr., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff U.S. of A.

B. Wilson Redfearn of Tybout, Redfearn, Casarino & Pell, Wilmington, Del., of counsel: George J. Weiner of Schmeltzer, Aptaker & Sheppard, Washington, D.C., for defendant/third-party plaintiff New Castle Co.

James F. Burnett of Potter Anderson & Corroon, Wilmington, Del., for defendant William C. Ward.

Jeffrey B. Bove of Connolly, Bove, Lodge & Hutz, Wilmington, Del., of counsel: Gerald Sobel, of Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, New York City, Wendy J. Tish, of Stauffer Chemical Co., Westport, Conn., for defendant/third-party plaintiff Stauffer Chemical Co.

Joseph C. Kelly, of ICI Americas, Inc., Wilmington, Del.; of counsel: Denis V. Brenan of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant/third-party plaintiff ICI Americas Inc.

Gerald C. Foulk of Miller & Foulk, Wilmington, Del., of counsel: J. Brian Molloy of Wald, Harkrader & Ross, Washington, D.C., for third-party defendant Avon Products, Inc.

James T. McKinstry of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, Del., for third-party defendants NVF Co., General Motors Corp. and Diamond Shamrock.

J.R. Julian, Wilmington, Del.; of counsel: Jennifer Berke of Kelly, Harrington, McLaughlin & Foster, Philadelphia, Pa., for third-party defendant Budd Co.

Henry N. Herndon, Jr. of Morris, James, Hitchens & Williams, Wilmington, Del., of counsel: Edward Wolper, of Hercules Inc., Wilmington, Del., for third-party defendant Hercules, Inc.

James F. Bailey of Elzufon & Bailey, Wilmington, Del., of counsel: Joseph G. Manta, of Frumkin & Manta, Philadelphia, Pa., for third-party defendant Specialty Composites Corp.

James C. Laager of Saul, Ewing, Remick & Saul, Wilmington, Del., for third-party defendant Standard Chlorine of Delaware, Inc.

C. Scott Reese of Cooch & Taylor, Wilmington, Del., of counsel: Lorelei J. Borland of Morgan, Melhuish, Monaghan, Meyer, Arvidson, Arbrutzer & Liskowski, New York City, for third-party defendant American Hoechst Corp.

Richard Allen Paul of E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., for third-party defendant E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co.

David C. Toomey of Duane, Morris & Heckscher, Philadelphia, Pa., for third-party defendants Motor Wheel Corp. and Allied Corp.

Kurt J. Doelze of Ferri & Doelze, Wilmington, Del., of counsel: Harry A. Short, Jr. of Liebert, Short, Fitzpatrick & Hirshland, Philadelphia, Pa., for third-party defendant Chrysler Corp.

John C. Phillips, Jr. of Phillips & Snyder, Wilmington, Del., of counsel: Thomas J. Jackson, of Thorp, Reed & Armstrong, Pittsburgh, Pa., for third-party defendant Witco Chemical Corp.

Howard M. Berg of Howard M. Berg & Associates, Wilmington, Del.; of counsel: Ronald J. Ganim of Amoco Corp., Chicago, Ill., for third-party defendant Amoco Corp.

William J. Weir, Jr. of Herlihy & Weir, Wilmington, Del., for third-party defendant Keysor-Century Corp.

John C. Phillips, Jr. of Phillips & Snyder, Wilmington, Del., of counsel: Jill M. Blundon, of Koppers Co., Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa., for third-party defendant Koppers Co., Inc.

John W. Noble of Parkowski, Noble & Guerke, Dover, Del., for third-party defendant Chloramone Corp.

John C. Phillips, Jr. of Phillips & Snyder, Wilmington, Del., of counsel: William R. Herman of Dechert Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, Pa., for third-party defendant FMC Corp.

Thomas G. Hughes of O'Donnell & Hughes, Wilmington, Del., of counsel: Brigid E. Kenney of Venable, Baetjer & Howard, Baltimore, Md., for third-party defendant Westvaco Corp.

Stephen P. Lamb of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Wilmington, Del., of counsel: John H. Klock of Crummy, DelDeo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione, Newark, N.J., for third-party defendant Wilmington Chemical Corp.

James P. Collins of Healy & Collins, Wilmington, Del.; of counsel: Blake A. Biles of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, D.C., for third-party defendant Gates Engineering.

James T. McKinstry of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, Del., of counsel: Franklin S. Eyster, II of Atlantic Aviation Corp., Wilmington, Del., for third-party defendant Atlantic Aviation.

Robert J. Katzenstein of Lassen, Smith, Katzenstein & Furlow, Wilmington, Del., of counsel: Stephen W. Miller of Clark, Ladner, Fortenbaugh & Young, Philadelphia, Pa., for third-party defendant Kennecott Corp.

Henry N. Herndon, Jr. of Morris, James, Hitchens & Williams, Wilmington, Del., for third-party defendants Champlain Cable Corp. and Ametek, Inc.

Robert R. Thompson, Dept. of Justice, Dover, Del., for third-party defendant State of Del.

James M. Geddes of Ashby, McKelvie & Geddes, Wilmington, Del., for third-party defendant Harvey & Harvey.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

LONGOBARDI, District Judge.

Defendants ICI Americas Inc., New Castle County and Stauffer Chemical Company have filed third-party complaints in this action against a number of entities which they contend have contributed to the hazardous conditions at the Tybout's Corner Landfill. Among these entities is Chloramone Corporation, a manufacturer of chemicals which operates a plant in Delaware City, Delaware as did its predecessor during 1969...

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