U.S. v. McGRAW-EDISON CO.

No. CIV-88-542C.

718 F.Supp. 154 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. McGRAW-EDISON COMPANY, Cooper Industries, Inc., Alcas Cutlery Corporation, Aluminum Company of America, W.R. Case & Sons Cutlery Company, and AVX Corporation, Defendants.

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

August 8, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environmental Enforcement Section, Land & Natural Resources Div. (Jerry Schwartz, of counsel), Washington, D.C., for plaintiff.

Chadbourne & Park (Charles K. O'Neill, of counsel), New York City, for defendant W.R. Case & Sons Cutlery Co.


CURTIN, District Judge.

Pending for decision are the government's motion for entry of the partial consent decree and defendant W.R. Case & Sons Cutlery Co. [Case]'s motion for summary judgment as to its liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act [CERCLA], 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq.

BACKGROUND

In the early 1980s, it was discovered that the groundwater from three municipal wells that supply...

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