AETNA CAS. & SUR. v. GULF RESOURCES & CHEM. CORP.

Civ. Nos. 87-3043, 87-3082.

709 F.Supp. 958 (1989)

AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY, a Connecticut corporation, Plaintiff, v. GULF RESOURCES & CHEMICAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation; the Bunker Hill Company, an Idaho corporation; Pintlar Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Defendants. CONTINENTAL RE-INSURANCE CORPORATION, a California corporation; Pacific Insurance Company, a California corporation; Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York, a New York corporation, Plaintiffs, v. GULF RESOURCES & CHEMICAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation; and Pintlar Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Idaho.

March 31, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R.B. Kading, Jr., Warren E. Jones, Scott D. Hess, Eberle, Berlin, Kading, Turnbow & Gillespie, Chartered, Boise, Idaho, for Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co.

Robert T. Wetherell, Quane Smith Howard & Hull, Boise, Idaho, for Continental Re-Insurance Corp.

Stephen W. Greiner, Richard Mancino, Willkie, Farr & Gallagher, New York City, Fred M. Gibler, Evans, Keane, Koontz, Boyd, Simko & Ripley, Kellogg, Idaho, for Gulf Resources & Chemical Corp. and Pintlar Corp.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

RYAN, Chief Judge.

I. FACTS & PROCEDURE

On October 18, 1984, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) formally notified Defendant Gulf Resources & Chemical Corporation (Gulf) that Gulf had been tentatively identified as a "potential responsible party" (PRP) under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. § 9601, et seq. Because of this, Gulf became...

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