AIU INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Petitioners,
v.
THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY, Respondent; FMC CORPORATION, Real Party in Interest.
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November 15, 1990.
November 15, 1990.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
COUNSEL
Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Younger, Robert A. Zeavin, Deborah A. Pitts, Victor C. Rabinowitz, Randolph P. Sinnott, Morrison & Foerster, Marc P. Fairman, Michael M. Carlson, Annette P. Carnegie and Elizabeth J. Kuczynski for Petitioners.
Thomas W. Brunner as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.
No appearance for Respondent.
Hill, Wynne, Troop & Meisinger, David W. Steuber Kirk A. Pasich, Desiree T. Icaza, Tyrone R. Childress, Anderson, Kill, Olick & Oshinsky, Eugene R. Anderson, John H. Gross, Finley T. Harckham, Barbara A. Curran and Bowen H. Tucker for Real Party in Interest.
Freilich, Stone, Leitner & Carlisle, Benjamin Kaufman, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, Barry S. Levin, Robert T. Haslam, Celia M. Jackson, Covington & Burling, Robert N. Saylor, William F. Greaney, Folger & Levin, Michael A. Kahn, Gregory D. Call, Lasky, Haas, Cohler & Munter, Moses Lasky, John E. Munter, Scott P. DeVries, William L. Berry, Jr., John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Andrea Sheridan Ordin, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Theodora Berger and Timothy R. Patterson, Deputy Attorneys General, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.
Supreme Court of California.
OPINION
LUCAS, C.J.
We are called on to decide whether, under comprehensive general liability (CGL) insurance policies issued by petitioners (insurers) to real party in interest FMC Corporation (FMC), insurers are obligated to provide coverage to FMC for cleanup and other "response" costs incurred pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA...
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