EMHART INDUSTRIES, INC. v. DURACELL INTERN. INC.

Nos. 1-85-0055, 1-85-0088.

665 F.Supp. 549 (1987)

EMHART INDUSTRIES, INC., Plaintiff, v. DURACELL INTERNATIONAL INC., and Dart Industries, Inc., Defendants. DURACELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Plaintiff, v. EMHART INDUSTRIES, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, M.D. Tennessee, Columbia Division.

July 2, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Chambers, Chambers Wyckoff & Beckner, Nashville, Tenn., for plaintiff in 1-85-0055.

Leonard Rivkin, Stanley Pierce, Joseph Ortego, Michael R. Adams, Rivkin, Radler, Dunne & Bayh, Uniondale, N.Y., M. Clark Spoden, Dearborn & Ewing, Nashville, Tenn., for defendants in 1-85-0055.

Warren S. Radler, Rivkin, Radler, Dunne & Bayh, Chicago, Ill., for Emhart.

James D. Miller, King & Spalding, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff in 1-85-0088.

Raymond L. Falls, Jr., David R. Hyde, Eric Hellerman, Cahill, Gordon & Reindel, New York City, for defendant in 1-85-0088.


MEMORANDUM

WISEMAN, Chief Judge.

This is a breach of contract case that involves the sale of the Mallory Components Group by Duracell International Inc. (Duracell) to Emhart Industries, Inc. (Emhart). Some of the facilities transferred in the sale are contaminated with toxic substances: polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and trichloroethylene (TCE). Both the policies of contract law — the law of private ordering — and the policies of environmental...

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