COOK v. ROCKWELL INTERN. CORP.

Civ. A. No. 90-B-181.

778 F.Supp. 512 (1991)

Merilyn COOK, William Jr. and Delores Schierkolk, Richard and Sally Bartlett and Lorren and Gertrude Babb, Bank Western, a federal savings bank, a federally chartered savings bank, and Field Savings Corporation, a Colorado corporation, on their own behalf and as representatives of a class of persons and entities suffering economic harm; and Michael Dean Rice, Thomas L. and Rhonda J. Deimer, and Stephen M. and Peggy J. Sandoval, on their own behalf and as representatives of a class of similarly situated residents and workers, Plaintiffs, v. ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, and the Dow Chemical Company, a Delaware corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Colorado.

November 26, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce H. DeBoskey, Steven W. Kelly, Silver & DeBoskey, P.C., Denver, Colo., Ronald Simon, David Elbaor, Richard J. Fiesta, Connerton, Ray and Simon, Washington, D.C., Merrill Davidoff, David Berger, Peter B. Nordberg, John R. Taylor, Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, Pa., Robert Golten, Fredericks & Pelcyger, Boulder, Colo., Stanley M. Chesley, Waite, Schneider, Bayless, & Chesley Co., L.P.A., Cincinnati, Ohio, for plaintiffs.

Mark S. Lillie, John A. DeSisto, Kirkland & Ellis, Denver, Colo., David M. Bernick, Kevin T. Van Wart, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, Ill., Sidney Rooks, The Dow Chemical Co., Midland, Mich., for defendant Dow Chemical Co.

Joseph J. Bronesky, Christopher Lane, Sherman & Howard, Denver, Colo., John D. Aldock, James R. Bird, Michael S. Giannotto, Franklin D. Kramer, Timothy P. Brooks, Shea & Gardner, Washington, D.C., for defendant Rockwell Intern. Corp.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

BABCOCK, District Judge.

Plaintiffs are individuals who own land near the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant (Rocky Flats) and two banks, Bank Western and Field Savings Corporation (collectively, the Banks), that hold security interests on land near Rocky Flats. Defendants Rockwell International Corporation (Rockwell) and Dow Chemical Company (Dow) are former operators of the plant...

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