Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
G. Marc Whitehead, Thomas J. Barrett, Thomas C. Mielenhausen, Popham, Haik, Schnobrich & Kaufman, Ltd., Minneapolis, John E. Heintz, Lisa I. LaTorre, Washington, D.C., for Minnesota Min. and Mfg. Co.
David M. Coyne, Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, P.A., Minneapolis, for Joslyn Corp.
Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., Ann M. Shea, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for intervenor-plaintiff, State of Minn., et al.
Kay Nord Hunt, Thomas E. Peterson, James C. Searls, Lommen, Nelson, Cole & Stageberg, P.A., Minneapolis, for Bituminous Cas. Corp.
Scott H. Peters, William J. Keppel, Dorsey & Whitney, Minneapolis, for Travelers Indem. Co.
John Q. McShane, Marcia M. Kull, Bowman & Brooke, Minneapolis, and Jerome C. Randolph, Donald A. Lane, Keating, Meuthing & Klekamp, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Great American Ins. Co., et al.
James T. Martin, Gislason, Martin & Varpness, Minneapolis, for Commercial Union Ins. Co., et al.
Paul G. Neimann, Thomas J. Shroyer, Moss & Barnett, Minneapolis, and Dennis M. Flannery, W. Scott Blackmer, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D.C., for Ins. Co. of North America, Inc., et al.
Richard J. Nygaard, Patricia Ann Burke, Rider, Bennett, Egan & Arundel, Minneapolis, for Northwestern Nat. Ins. Co.
John F. Angell, Terry J. Bartz, Stich, Angell, Kreidler & Muth, P.A., Minneapolis, and James P. Whitters, III, Lee H. Glickenhaus, Gaston & Snow, Boston, Mass., for Liberty Mut. Ins. Co.
David F. Herr, John H. Gilmore, Maslon, Edelman, Borman, & Brand, Minneapolis, for Tonka Corp.
Paul G. Neimann, Moss & Barnett, Minneapolis, for Travelers Ins. Co.
Leon R. Erstad, Chadwick, Johnson & Condon, P.A., Minneapolis, for North River Ins. Co., et al.
Garrett E. Mulrooney, Maun, Green, Hayes, Simon, Johanneson & Brehl, St. Paul, and Robert J. Bates, Jr., Phelan, Pope & John, Chicago, Ill., for Zurich Ins. Co.
Gay B. Urness, Miller & Neary, Minneapolis, and William M. Savino, Gary D. Centola, Alan C. Eagle, Rivkin, Radler, Dunne & Bayth, Uniondale, N.Y., for Fireman's Fund Ins. Co.
Robert J. McGuire, Barbara A. Burke, Cousineau, McGuire, Shaughnessy & Anderson, Minneapolis, for Mission Nat. Ins. Co.
Charles E. Gillen, Sean E. Hade, Jardine, Logan & O'Brien, St. Paul, for Twin City Fire Ins. Co.
Charles E. Lundberg, Bassford, Heckt, Lockhart, Truesdell & Briggs, P.A., Minneapolis, and Thomas W. Brunner, James M. Johnstone, Robert R. Lawrence, Wiley, Rein & Fielding, Washington, D.C., amicus curiae, for Ins. Environment Litigation Ass'n.
David L. Lillehaug, Leonard, Street & Deinard, Minneapolis, and (Joanne B. Grossman, Eric C. Bosset, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., of counsel), for amici curiae, American Petroleum Institute, et al.
Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., Steven Shakman, Ann M. Shea, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., St. Paul, amici curiae, for State of Minn., et al.
Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.
