U.S. v. ROHM AND HAAS CO., INC.

Civ. A. No. 85-4386.

669 F.Supp. 672 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, and State of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection, Plaintiff-Intervenor, v. ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY, INC.; Owens-Illinois, Inc.; Marvin Jonas, Inc.; CBS Records, Inc.; Manor Health Care Corporation; Cenco, Inc.; and Almo, Inc., Defendants/Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. Nick LIPARI, John Cucinotta and Joseph Cucinotta, Third-Party Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

August 19, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Woods, Sp. Asst. U.S. Atty., Newark, N.J., for plaintiff, U.S.

Ronald P. Heksch, Deputy Atty. Gen., Trenton, N.J., for plaintiff-intervenor, State of N.J., Dept. of Environmental Protection.

Dechert, Price & Rhoads by Bradford F. Whitman, Wendy Relation, Philadelphia, Pa., and Montano, Summers, Mullen, Manuel & Owens by G. Wesley Manuel, Jr., Westmont, N.J., for Rohm & Haas Co.

McCarter & English by Joseph E. Irenas, Frank E. Ferruggia, Newark, N.J., for Owens-Illinois.

Shanley & Fisher by Arthur R. Schmauder, Moorestown, N.J., and Goodwin, Proctor & Hoar by Paul F. Ware, Jr., Frank C. Huntington, IV, Boston, Mass., for CBS.

Wall, Makowski & James by Kevin Wall, Oaklyn, N.J., for Marvin Jonas.

Lowenstein, Sandler, Brochin, Kohl, Fisher, Boylan & Meanor by Anthony Reitano, Richard Ricci, Roseland, N.J., for Manor Health Care Corp.


OPINION

GERRY, District Judge:

Factual Background

Plaintiff, the United States of America, on behalf of the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") has brought this action pursuant to Section 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 ("CERCLA"), 42 U.S.C. § 9607(a), to recover costs it incurred for enforcement, investigation and clean-up activities at...

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