CPC INTERN., INC. v. AEROJET-GENERAL CORP.

Nos. G89-10503 CA, G89-961 CA.

764 F.Supp. 479 (1991)

CPC INTERNATIONAL, INC., Plaintiff, v. AEROJET-GENERAL CORPORATION, Cordova Chemical Company, Cordova Chemical Company of Michigan, and Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Defendants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. CORDOVA CHEMICAL COMPANY OF MICHIGAN, Cordova Chemical Company of California, Aerojet-General Corporation, CPC International, Inc., and Dr. Arnold C. Ott, Defendants. CPC INTERNATIONAL, INC., Third-party Plaintiff, v. COMMERCIAL UNION INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Third-party Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Michigan, S.D.

May 24, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick J. Conlon, J. Michael Smith, Gordon J. Quist, Miller, Johnson, Snell & Cummiskey, Grand Rapids, Mich., Randy M. Mott, Raissa Kirk, Robert T. Lee, Stephen E. Williams, Mott, Williams & Lee, PC, Washington, D.C., William S. Wells, CPC International, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J., for CPC Intern., Inc.

John D. Tully, Warner, Norcross & Judd, Grand Rapids, Mich., for Aerojet-General Corp., Cordova Chemical Co., and Cordova Chemical Co. of Michigan.

Stewart H. Freeman, Kathleen L. Cavanaugh and Eric J. Eggan, Asst. Attys. Gen., Frank J. Kelley, Atty. Gen., Environmental Protection Div., Lansing, Mich., for Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources.


OPINION DISMISSING STATE-LAW CLAIMS AGAINST MDNR

HILLMAN, Senior District Judge.

This hazardous waste cleanup case brought under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq., is presently being tried before the court. On April 30, eight days before the beginning of trial, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources ("MDNR") moved to dismiss the state-law claims brought against it...

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