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ARTESIAN WATER CO. v. GOVERN. OF NEW CASTLE COUNTY

Nos. 87-3622, 87-3623.

851 F.2d 643 (1988)

ARTESIAN WATER COMPANY, Appellant in No. 87-3622, v. The GOVERNMENT OF NEW CASTLE COUNTY, Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff, v. LANDFILL, INC., a Delaware Corporation, Edgar Thomas Harvey, Edgar Thomas Harvey, Jr., W. Lawrence Knotts, Henry A. Twardus, William Q. Saienni, Elme D. Saienni, Salvatore J. Saienni, Dominic Cantera, Marian Cantera, Delaware Sand and Gravel Company, a Delaware Corporation, Anita Dell Aversano, individually and as Executrix of the Estate of Joseph Dell Aversano, Vincent Dell Aversano, Marcella Dell Aversano, Stauffer Chemical Co., a Delaware Corporation, Haveg Industries, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, Champlain Cable Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, Angelo Terranova, Stanley J. Twardus & Sons, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, and SCA Services, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, Third-Party Defendants, ARTESIAN WATER COMPANY, v. The GOVERNMENT OF NEW CASTLE COUNTY, Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff, v. LANDFILL, INC., a Delaware Corporation, Material Transit, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, Edgar Thomas Harvey, Edgar Thomas Harvey, Jr., W. Lawrence Knotts, Henry A. Twardus, William Q. Saienni, Elme D. Saienni, Salvator J. Saienni, Dominic Cantera, Marian Cantera, Delaware Sand and Gravel Company, a Delaware Corporation, Anita Dell Aversano, individually and as Executrix of the Estate of Joseph Dell Aversano, Vincent Dell Aversano, Marcella Dell Aversano, Stauffer Chemical Co., a Delaware Corporation, Haveg Industries, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, Champlain Cable Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, Angelo Terranova, Stanley J. Twardus & Sons, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, and SCA Services, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, Third-Party Defendants, Appeal of NEW CASTLE COUNTY.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided June 29, 1988.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied July 26, 1988.

As Amended July 28, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank M. Thomas, Jr. (argued), Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, Pa., Thomas D. Whittington, Jr., Whittington & Aulgur, Coffee Run Professional Centre, Hockessin, Del., for Artesian Water Co.

George J. Weiner (argued), Michael A. Brown, William Roger Truitt, Patrick O. Cavanaugh, Mary Rose Kornreich, Schmeltzer, Aptaker & Sheppard, P.C., Washington, D.C., B. Wilson Redfearn, Nancy E. Chrissinger, Tybout, Redfearn, Casarino & Pell, Wilmington, Del., for New Castle County.

Before WEIS, GREENBERG and ALDISERT, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied July 26, 1988.

OPINION OF THE COURT

WEIS, Circuit Judge.*

On this appeal a private water utility seeks damages for the loss of potential withdrawals from artesian wells threatened by pollution from an adjacent landfill. The district court denied recovery except for the expense of monitoring the movement of the contamination leachate. We will affirm primarily on the ground that under...

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