UNITED STATES of America; South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
MONSANTO COMPANY; Allied Corporation; E.M. Industries, Inc.; Defendants-Appellants,
American Insurance Association; Chemical Manufacturers Association Amici Curiae. and
SOUTH CAROLINA RECYCLING AND DISPOSAL, INC.; Columbia Organic Chemical Company; Oscar Seidenberg; Harvey Hutchinson; Eaton Corporation; Rad Services, Inc.; Aquair Corporation; Defendants,
v.
G.D. SEARLE & COMPANY; Will Ross, Inc., Third Party Defendants.
UNITED STATES of America; South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
Oscar SEIDENBERG; Harvey Hutchinson; Defendants-Appellants,
American Insurance Association; Chemical Manufacturers Association, Amici Curiae. and
MONSANTO COMPANY; Allied Corporation; Aquair Corporation; E.M. Industries, Inc.; South Carolina Recycling and Disposal, Inc.; Columbia Organic Chemical Company; Eaton Corporation; Rad Services, Inc., Defendants,
v.
G.D. SEARLE & COMPANY; Will Ross, Inc., Third Party Defendants.
UNITED STATES of America Plaintiff-Appellant, and
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Plaintiff,
v.
MONSANTO COMPANY; Allied Corporation; E.M. Industries Inc.; South Carolina Recycling and Disposal, Inc.; Oscar Seidenberg; Harvey Hutchinson; Defendants-Appellees,
American Insurance Association; Chemical Manufacturers Association, Amici Curiae. and
COLUMBIA ORGANIC CHEMICAL COMPANY; Eaton Corporation; Rad Services, Inc.; Aquair Corporation, Defendants,
v.
G.D. SEARLE & COMPANY; Will Ross, Inc., Third Party Defendants.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued October 8, 1987.
Decided September 7, 1988.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
George Clemon Freeman, Jr. (William F. Kennedy, Alfred R. Light, Thomas E. Knauer, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, Va., on brief), Isadore S. Bernstein (Hammer & Bernstein, Columbia, S.C. on brief), for defendants-appellants.
David Carlisle Shilton, Dept. of Justice (F. Henry Habicht, II, Asst. Atty. Gen., Myles E. Flint, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., Vinton D. Lide, U.S. Atty., Mary G. Slocum, Asst. U.S. Atty., Columbia, S.C., Jacques B. Gelin, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Walton J. McLeod, III, Gen. Counsel, Walterboro, S.C., William T. Lavender, Jr., Dennis N. Cannon, Jr., Staff Counsel, South Carolina Dept. of Health & Environmental Control, Columbia, S.C., Charles De Saillan, Dov Weitman, E.P.A., Washington, D.C., on brief), for plaintiffs-appellees.
(Edward W. Warren, David G. Norrell, Amy R. Sabrin, Kirkland & Ellis, David F. Zoll, Washington, D.C., Barbara A. Hindin, Los Angeles, Cal., on brief), for amicus curiae Chemical Mfrs. Ass'n.
(Thomas W. Brunner, Laura A. Foggan, Piper & Marbury, Washington, D.C., on brief) for amicus curiae American Ins. Ass'n.
Before WIDENER, SPROUSE and ERVIN, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
SPROUSE, Circuit Judge:
Oscar Seidenberg and Harvey Hutchinson (the site-owners) and Allied Corporation, Monsanto Company, and EM Industries, Inc. (the generator defendants),1 appeal from the district court's entry of summary judgment holding them liable to the United States and the State of South Carolina (the governments) under section 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation...
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