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EAGLE-PICHER INDUSTRIES, INC. v. U.S.

Nos. 90-5098, 90-5105 and 90-5128.

937 F.2d 625 (1991)

EAGLE-PICHER INDUSTRIES, INC., Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America. GAF CORPORATION, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America. UNR INDUSTRIES, INC., UNARCO Industries, Inc., Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 25, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney S. Rosdeitcher, New York City, for appellant GAF Corp., in No. 90-5105.

Paul G. Gaston, with whom Joe G. Hollingsworth was on the brief, Washington, D.C., for appellants Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. and UNR Industries, Inc., in Nos. 90-5098 and 90-5128.

David S. Fishback, Asst. Director, Torts Branch, Dept. of Justice, with whom Stuart M. Gerson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., and J. Patrick Glynn, Director, Torts Branch, Dept. of Justice, were on the brief, Washington, D.C., for appellee, in Nos. 90-5098, 90-5105 and 90-5128.

Before WALD, RUTH B. GINSBURG and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WALD.

WALD, Circuit Judge:

In these consolidated appeals, three manufacturers of asbestos products appeal from the district court's dismissal of their claims against the United States. The manufacturers had sought contribution or indemnification from the United States for costs incurred in the litigation and settlement of actions brought by shipyard workers alleging injury...

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