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JOSLYN MFG. CO. v. T.L. JAMES & CO., INC.

No. 88-4901.

893 F.2d 80 (1990)

JOSLYN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. T.L. JAMES & CO., INC., Defendant-Appellee, v. POWERLINE SUPPLY CO., INC., Defendant Third Party Plaintiff-Appellant. and Nelda S. ELLIOT, Bill Elliot, and Lance D. Alworth, Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad Co., Defendants-Appellants, v. Floyd Benjamin JAMES and George William James, Sr., Third Party Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 29, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Holden, Mary S. Johnson, Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

David F. Butterfield, Mayer, Smith & Roberts, Shreveport, La., for Elliot & Powerline Supply.

Kevin M. Ward, Cogswell & Wehrle, Denver, Colo., James L. Adams, Brook, Morial, Cassibry, Fraiche & Pizza, Shreveport, La., for Lance D. Alworth.

Bobby S. Gilliam, Jerald N. Jones, Wilkinson, Carmody & Gilliam, Shreveport, La., for Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad Co.

William F. Ridlon, II, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., for amicus curiae, State of La.

Donald A. Carr, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Michael P. Healy, Anne S. Almy, Appellate Section, Land & Natural Resources Div., Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae U.S.

Donald B. Mitchell, Jr., Stephen J. Weiss, James P. Mercurio, Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn, Washington, D.C., and Robert G. Dawkins, Dawkins, Coyle & Carter, Ruston, La., for defendant-appellee, T.L. James & Co., Inc.

Before GEE and JONES, Circuit Judges, and HUNTER, District Judge:

GEE, Circuit Judge:

Appellant contends that the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ("CERCLA") and the Louisiana Environmental Quality Act ("LEQA") impose direct liability on parent corporations for violations of their wholly-owned subsidiaries. Appellant further contends that, absent such liability, the corporate veil should be pierced to impose liability in the instant case. We disagree with both contentions.

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