SYLVESTER BROS. DEV. CO. v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN

Civ. No. 4-88-692.

772 F.Supp. 443 (1990)

SYLVESTER BROTHERS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD, Metal-Matic, Inc., et al., Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL, Moorhead Machinery & Boiler Company, et al., Third-Party Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota, Fourth Division.

September 11, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary Maynard Hansen, Dawn Louise Gagne, Doherty Rumble & Butler, St. Paul, Minn., for Sylvester Bros. Dev. Co.

John Bernard Van de North, Jr., Douglas L. Skor, Karna A. Berg, Briggs & Morgan, St. Paul, Minn., for Burlington Northern R.R., Maxwell Communications Corp., Durkee-Atwood Co., Flint Ink Corp., Midwest Printing, Technical Tooling, Inc., Pillsbury Co. and Pako Corp.

Gary Charles Reiter, Mahoney Dougherty & Mahoney, Minneapolis, Minn., for Dealers Mfg. Co.

Stuart T. Williams, David Bradley Olsen, Henson & Efron, Minneapolis, Minn., for H.B. Fuller Co.

David Fulton Herr, John Hugh Gilmore, Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, Minneapolis, Minn., for G & K Services, Inc.

Robert L. Collins, Delmar R. Ehrich, Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, Minn., for Metal-Matic, Inc., Western Elec. Co. and AT & T Technologies, Inc.

Charlene W. Hatcher, Sp. Asst. Gen., St. Paul, Minn., for State of Minn. Federal Surplus Property Div.

Sarah D. Halvorson, Timothy H. Butler, Lindquist & Vennum, Minneapolis, Minn., for Whittaker Corp., and Chicago and Northwestern Transp. Co., Electric Machinery Co.

Joe A. Walters, O'Connor & Hannan, Minneapolis, Minn., David S. Finch, Harvey M. Sheldon, Scott W. Ammarell, McDermott Will & Emery, Chicago, Ill., for FMC Corp.

Mark F. Ten Eyck, Larry Dale Espel, Popham Haik Schnobrich & Kaufman, Minneapolis, Minn., for Glidden Co., Honeywell, Inc. and Georgia-Pacific Corp.

George Orlyn Ludcke, Best & Flanagan, Minneapolis, Minn., for Hawkins Chemical, Inc.

Virgil Cyril Herrick, Herrick & Newman, Minneapolis, Minn., for Kurt Mfg. Co., Inc.

Glenn Joel Olander-Quamme, Soo Line R.R. Co., Minneapolis, Minn., for Soo Line R.R. Co.

Susan Mary Swift, Frank Allen Dvorak, MacKall Crounse & Moore, Minneapolis, Minn., for Twin City Die Casting Co., G & T Trucking Co. and Intern. Harvester.

Richard H. Krochock, Robert Bryan Jaskowiak, Rider Bennett Egan & Arundel, Minneapolis, Minn., for Vaughn Display Co., Unitog Rental Services, Inc., Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Minnesota, Flintkote Co. and Paper Calmensen Steel Co.

Gregory Alan Fontaine, Becky A. Comstock, Benjamin A. Brown, Jr., Dorsey & Whitney, Minneapolis, Minn., for Acme Metal Spinning Co., General Mills and Scott-Atwater Co.

Leo G. Stern, Richard D. Snyder, Fredrikson & Byron, Minneapolis, Minn., for Armature Rewiring Co.

Erik T. Salveson, Gray Plant Mooty Mooty & Bennett, Minneapolis, Minn., for Bureau of Engraving, Inc.

Daniel Weldon Hergott, Richard M. Dahl, Dunkley Bennett & Christensen, Minneapolis, Minn., for Commutator Foundry Co. and Portec, Inc.

Eric A. Nerness, Joseph Francis Lulic, Hanson & Lulic, Minneapolis, Minn., for Dalton Gear Co.

Mark F. Ten Eyck, Larry Dale Espel, Popham Haik Schnobrich & Kaufman, Minneapolis, Minn., John L. Greenthal, Nixon Hargrave Devans & Doyle, Albany, N.Y., Andrew C. Rose, Nixon Hargrave Devans & Doyle, Rochester, N.Y., for Eastman Kodak Co.

Gary Maynard Hansen, Dawn Louise Gagne, Doherty Rumble & Butler, St. Paul, Minn., for Richard Ellingson, Rory Ellingson, Vernon Sylvester and Edward Sylvester.

James Thomas Martin, Gislason Martin & Varpness, Edina, Minn., for Excel Metal Finishing Co.

Peter Matthew Banovetz, Gilmore Aafedt Forde Anderson & Gray, Minneapolis, Minn., for Ford McNutt Co.

Robert Edward Cattanach, Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly, St. Paul, Minn., John Charles Goodnow, Susan Kay Wiens, Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly, Minneapolis, Minn., for GAF Corp.

Karl K. Vanzo, for Globe Bldg. Materials Co.

Maclay R. Hyde, Edwin Ralph Holmes, Gray Plant Mooty Mooty & Bennett, Minneapolis, Minn., for Hansord Pontiac Co. and Warren Shade Co.

Johnson Sanitation Co., pro se.

William Christopher Penwell, Gerald S. Duffy, Kathleen Ann Connelly, Siegel Brill Greupner & Duffy, Minneapolis, Minn., for LeRoy Signa Co.

Mark R. Geier, Phillips Gross & Aaron, Minneapolis, Minn., for Lewis Bolt & Nut Co.

John F. Angell, Stich Angell Kreidler & Muth, Minneapolis, Minn., for Dean Lutterman Homes.

Clifford D. Bobholz, David T. Coriden, Menards Inc., Corporate Legal Staff, Eau Claire, Wis., for Menards Inc.

David L. Kraker, Kraker Law Office, Minneapolis, Minn., for Park Printing Co.

Charles Nathan Nauen, Margaret H. Chutich, Opperman Heins & Paquin, Minneapolis, Minn., for U.S. Gypsum Co.

Vic's Auto Body Inc., pro se.

Keith J. Broady, Minneapolis, Minn., for Waste Control Co., Waste Control Inc. and Container Services, Inc.

Mary Jo Madigan, U.S. Atty. Office, Minneapolis, Minn., Martin F. McDermott, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Div., Kevin L. Call, Major, Environmental Law Div., Washington, D.C., for U.S., U.S. Dept. of the Army, Secretary, Dept. of Army, U.S. Dept. of Defense and Secretary, Dept. of Defense.

Douglas Richard Rainbow, Mark E. Mulhollam, Gray Plant Mooty Mooty & Bennett, Minneapolis, Minn., for Federal Hoffman Inc.

Gregory Alan Fontaine, Erik A. Ahlgren, Becky A. Comstock, Benjamin A. Brown, Jr., Dorsey & Whitney, Minneapolis, Mn., for Fairview Hospital.

Robert L. Collins, Delmar R. Ehrich, Andrea M. Fike, Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, Minn., for Minnesota Bearing Co.

Stuart T. Williams, David Bradley Olsen, Henson & Efron, Minneapolis, Minn., for Sterling Elec.

Thomas J. Williams, Miller & Williams, Minneapolis, Minn., for Sample Service.

Greer Edwin Lockhart, Michael A. Klutho, Bassford Heckt Lockhart Truesdell & Briggs, Minneapolis, Minn., for Abbott Hosp.

Byron E. Starns, Jr., Carolyn Veehoff Wolski, Leonard Street & Deinard, Minneapolis, Minn., for American Linen Supply Co.

William A. Blonigan, Korba & Blonigan, Minneapolis, Minn., for Carl W. Olson, Jr.

Andrea M. Fike, Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, Minn., for Metal-Matic, Inc.

Larry D. Espel, Popham Haik Schnobrich & Kaufman, Minneapolis, Minn., for Moorhead Machinery & Boiler Co.

Robin L. Phillips, and John B. Van de North, Jr., Briggs and Morgan, St. Paul, Minn., for Pillsbury Co.1


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

DIANA E. MURPHY, District Judge.

Plaintiff brought this action against a large number of defendants alleging liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act, (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601-75, and the Minnesota Environmental Response and Liability Act (MERLA), Minn.Stat. §§ 115B.01-.37. Many defendants impleaded third-party defendants. Jurisdiction is alleged pursuant to...

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