CITY OF NEW YORK v. EXXON CORP.

No. 85 Civ. 1939 (KC).

697 F.Supp. 677 (1988)

The CITY OF NEW YORK, Plaintiff, v. EXXON CORPORATION, et al., Defendants.

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

September 29, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Lehner, New York City Law Dept., New York City, for plaintiff.

Michael M. Gordon, Cadwalader, Wichersham & Taft, New York City, for Exxon Corp. and Exxon Research & Eng. Co.

Marvin Katz, New York City, for Chrysler Corp.

Thomas P. McCaffey, New York City, for United Tech. & Carrier Corp.

Arthur Schmauder, Shanley & Fisher, P.C., New York City, for BASF Wyandotte Corp.

K. Dennis Sisk, Hunton & Williams, New York City, for Dana Corp., Public Service Elec. & Gas Co., Borg-Warner Corp.

Dennis M. Reznick, McElroy, Deutsch & Mulvaney, New York City, for Ingersoll-Rand Corp.

Eric M. Wagner, Cole & Deitz, New York City, for Refinement Intern.

Alan H. McLean, Hughes, Hubbard & Reed, New York City, for Nat. Can Corp.

Jeffrey G. Miller, Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand, Washington, D.C., for Koppers Co., Inc.

Sidley and Austin, New York City, for Alcan Aluminum.

Breed, Abbott and Morgan, New York City, for Ford Motor Co.


OPINION

CONBOY, District Judge:

The City of New York ("the City") commenced this action in March of 1985 under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ("CERCLA"), 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601 et seq.1, together with various state law claims. According to the complaint, the fifteen corporate defendants named therein generated hazardous industrial and chemical wastes that were ultimately...

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