SOLID STATE CIRCUITS, INC. v. U.S.E.P.A.

Nos. 86-1592, 86-1593.

812 F.2d 383 (1987)

SOLID STATE CIRCUITS, INC. Paradyne Corporation, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Appellee. SOLID STATE CIRCUIT, INC., Appellant, Paradyne Corporation, v. UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, Appellee,

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided February 18, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Price, Springfield, Mo., for appellant.

Sarah P. Robinson, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before HEANEY and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges, and MORRIS S. ARNOLD, District Judge.


HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

In this appeal, appellants challenge the district court's finding that the punitive damages provision of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. § 9607(c)(3), does not violate their due process rights. We affirm.

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND

On March 6, 1985, after two months of negotiations, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a clean-up order to...

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