U.S. v. HOOKER CHEMICALS & PLASTICS CORP.

No. Civ-79-990C.

680 F.Supp. 546 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America; The State of New York, and UDC-Love Canal, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. HOOKER CHEMICALS & PLASTICS CORPORATION; Hooker Chemicals Corporation; Occidental Petroleum Investment Company; The City of Niagara Falls, New York; Niagara County Health Department; and The Board of Education of the City of Niagara Falls, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. New York.

As Amended May 12, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environmental Enforcement Section, Land and Natural Resources Div., (Barry S. Sandals, Bruce S. Gelber, and Leonard H. Shen, of counsel), Washington, D.C., and Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen. of the State of N.Y. (Eugene Martin-Leff, Michael Bryce, Judith Kimmerling, and Edith Holleman, Asst. New York State Attys. Gen., of counsel), New York City, for plaintiffs.

Piper & Marbury (Thomas H. Truitt, and Steven K. Yablonski, of counsel), Washington, D.C., for defendants.


CURTIN, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs United States of America [United States] and the State of New York [New York] now move for partial summary judgment against defendant Occidental Chemical Corporation [OCC]1 pursuant to Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure on the ground that this defendant is liable under section 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act [CERCLA], 42 U.S. C. § 9607...

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