KELLEY v. THOMAS SOLVENT CO.

File Nos. K86-164, K86-167.

790 F.Supp. 731 (1991)

Frank J. KELLEY, Attorney General of the State of Michigan, and the State of Michigan, Plaintiffs and Counter Defendants, v. THOMAS SOLVENT COMPANY; Thomas Development, Inc.; Thomas Solvent Company of Detroit, Inc.; Thomas Solvent Company of Muskegon, Inc.; Thomas Solvent, Inc. of Indiana; TSC Transportation, Inc.; Richard E. Thomas; and Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company, Defendants. GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAILROAD CO., Counter Plaintiff and Cross-Plaintiff, v. THOMAS SOLVENT COMPANY; Thomas Development, Inc.; Thomas Solvent Company of Detroit, Inc.; Thomas Solvent Company of Muskegon, Inc.; Thomas Solvent, Inc. of Indiana; TSC Transportation, Inc.; and Richard E. Thomas, Cross-Defendants. THOMAS SOLVENT COMPANY and Richard Thomas, Counter Plaintiffs, v. GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAILROAD, Counter Defendant and Third Party Plaintiff, v. Richard E. THOMAS as Trustee of the Richard E. Thomas Living Trust, the Richard E. Thomas Living Trust, and Letha Thomas, Third Party Defendants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. THOMAS SOLVENT COMPANY; Thomas Development, Inc.; Thomas Solvent Company of Detroit, Inc.; Thomas Solvent Company of Muskegon, Inc.; Thomas Solvent, Inc. of Indiana; TSC Transportation, Inc.; Richard E. Thomas; and Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company, Defendants. GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY, Cross-Plaintiff, v. THOMAS SOLVENT COMPANY; Thomas Development, Inc.; Thomas Solvent Company of Detroit, Inc.; Thomas Solvent Company of Muskegon, Inc.; Thomas Solvent, Inc. of Indiana; TSC Transportation, Inc.; and Richard E. Thomas; Cross-Defendants. THOMAS SOLVENT COMPANY and Richard Thomas, Counter Plaintiffs, v. GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY, Counter Defendant and Third Party Plaintiff, v. Richard E. THOMAS as Trustee of the Richard E. Thomas Living Trust; the Richard E. Thomas Living Trust; and Letha Thomas, Third Party Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Michigan.

November 15, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Reichel, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frank J. Kelley, Atty. Gen., Environmental Protection Div., Lansing, Mich., Steven J. Willey, Asst. U.S. Atty., Joel M. Gross, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Div., Environmental Enforcement Section, Washington, D.C.; John A. Smietanka, U.S. Atty., by Julie Ann Woods, Asst. U.S. Atty., Grand Rapids, Mich.; Roger Grimes, Asst. Regional Atty., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Chicago, Ill.; and Frances McChesney, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Enforcement & Compliance Monitoring Office, Washington, D.C., for Frank J. Kelley, Atty. Gen., State of Mich. and the U.S.

Charles E. Barbieri, John L. Collins, Foster, Swift, Collins & Smith, P.C., Lansing, Mich.; James M. Sullivan, Sullivan, Hamilton, Schultz, Allen & Letzring, Battle Creek, Mich.; Mary P. Sclawy, Grand Trunk Western R. Co., Law Dept.; Frederick J. Dindoffer, and R. Craig Hupp, Bodman, Longley & Dahling, Detroit, Mich., for Thomas Solvent Co., Thomas Development, Inc., Thomas Solvent Company of Muskegon, Inc., Thomas Solvent Company of Detroit, Inc., Thomas Solvent, Inc. of Indiana, TSC Transp., Inc., Richard E. Thomas, Grand Trunk Western R. Co., Letha, Steven Floyd, Carol J., Steven R., Gregg S., and Todd M. Thomas, Carol Living Trust.

Kenneth R. Oosterhouse, Farr & Oosterhouse, Grand Rapids, Mich.; J. Gordon Arbuckle, John C. Martin and David J. Farber, Patton, Boggs & Blow, Washington, D.C.; Eugene E. Smary, Warner, Norcross & Judd, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Mary Beth Cyze, Susan M. Franzetti, Gardner, Carton & Douglas, Chicago, Ill.; David J. Hayes, Peter L. Winik, Latham & Watkins; Timothy C. Russell, Stuart E. Hunt, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Washington, D.C.; Michael L. McCluggage, Thomas Daggett, Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Chicago, Ill.; John R. LaParl, Jr., Smith, LaParl & Mequio, Portage, Mich.; Michael H. Perry, Fraser, Trebilcock, Davis & Foster, P.C., Lansing, Mich.; Grant J. Gruel, Gruel, Mills, Nims & Pylman; Charles M. Denton, Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett, Grand Rapids, Mich.; Jack W. Montgomery, III, Michael H. Ginsberg, Alder, Cohen & Grigsby, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Richard W. Paulen, Barnes & Thornburg, South Bend, Ind.; Millard N. Mayhall, Schroeder, DeGraw, Kendall & Mayhall, Marshall, Mich.; Jerome C. Muys, Jr., Swidler & Berlin, Chartered, Washington, D.C.; John R. Dresser, Thomas C. Megargle, Dresser Law Office, P.C., Sturgis, Mich.; Thomas F. Karaba, Crowley, Barrett & Karaba, Chicago, Ill.; Daniel P. King, Kohl, Secrest, Wardle, Lynch, Clark & Hampton, Farmington Hills, Mich.; John Gerald Gleeson, Harvey, Kruse, Westen & Milan, P.C., Troy, Mich.; J. William Dark, James, Dark & Brill; James W. Smith, Hatch & Smith; Gary P. Bartosiewicz, Piatt, Bartosiewicz & Tiderington, P.C., Kalamazoo, Mich.; Charles R. Bappert, Biringer, Hutchinson & Van Doren, P.C., Coldwater, Mich.; David L. Maurer, Lynn Einheuser Penman, Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, Detroit, Mich., for amici curiae.


OPINION

ENSLEN, District Judge.

This case is before the Court on the parties' motions for entry of a partial consent decree and judgment, which was lodged with this Court on December 14, 1990. The proposed partial consent decree would resolve the claims of the United States and the State of Michigan against Richard E. Thomas and other individual defendants, the Thomas Solvent Company, and certain related Thomas companies for past costs, under the Comprehensive...

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