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

Nos. 1:89-CV-503, 1:89-CV-961.

759 F.Supp. 1269 (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.

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

March 6, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick J. Conlon, Roseland, N.J., 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, P.C., Washington, D.C., William S. Wells, CPC Intern., Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J., David L. Harris, Robert Chesler, Alexander Kovacs, Lowenstein, Sandler, Kohl, Fisher & Boylan, Roseland, 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, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frank J. Kelley, Atty. Gen., Environmental Protection Div., Kathleen L. Cavanaugh, Eric J. Eggan, Asst. Attys. Gen., Lansing, Mich., for Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources.

Michael L. Shiparski, Thomas J. Gezon, Asst. U.S. Attys., John A. Smietanka, U.S. Atty., Grand Rapids, Mich., Michael J. McNulty, Richard B. Stewart, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Div., Environmental Enforcement Section, Washington, D.C., Nicholas Bollo, Assoc. Reg. Counsel, Larry L. Johnson, Anne L. Alonzo, U.S. E.P.A., Region V, Chicago, Ill., John Fogarty, U.S. E.P.A., Enforcement & Compliance Monitoring Office, Gregory L. Sukys, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Div., Washington, D.C., for the U.S.

Charles M. Denton, Theresa M. Pouley, Jon F. DeWitt, Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett, Grand Rapids, Mich., for Dr. Arnold C. Ott.

Carole D. Bos, Kevin J. O'Dowd, Buchanan & Bos, Grand Rapids, Mich., Richard A. Fogel, William M. Savino, M. Paul Gorfinkel, Rivkin, Radler, Bayh, Hart & Kremer, Uniondale, N.Y., for Commercial Union Ins. Co.

Stanley A. Prokop, Plunkett & Cooney, P.C., Detroit, Mich., for Home Ins. Co.

Timothy F. Casey, Kohl, Secrest, Wardle, Lynch, Clark & Hampton, Farmington Hills, Mich., for Insurance Co. of State of Pennsylvania.

Peter B. Kupelian, Kirsten Kingdon, Tucker & Rolf, Southfield, Mich., Robert J. Bates, Jr., Phelan, Pope & John, Ltd., Chicago, Ill. for Zurich Ins. Co.

Lynn L. Lower, Kallas, Lower, Henk & Treado, Bloomfield Hills, Mich., for Affiliated FM Ins. Co.

Grant J. Gruel, Scott R. Melton, Gruel, Mills, Nims & Pylman, Grand Rapids, Mich., Irene A. Sullivan, Timothy G. Reynolds, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York City, for North Star Reinsurance Corp.

Reynolds A. Brander, Jr., Cholette, Perkins & Buchanan, Grand Rapids, Mich., for Intern. Ins. Co.

Randall E. Phillips, Marilyn A. Madorsky, Provizer, Lichtenstein, Pearlman & Phillips, P.C., Southfield, Mich., Sheldon Karasik, Peter M. Papasavas, Sheft & Sweeney, New York City, for Highlands Ins. Co.

Harrison C. Stackpole, Holahan, Malloy, Maybaugh & Monnich, Troy, Mich., for Mission Ins. Co.

Charles W. Browning, Vandeveer Garzia, P.C., Detroit, Mich., for Prudential Reinsurance Co. and Aetna Cas. and Sur. Co.

Gary A. Maximiuk, Wheeler, Upham, Bryant & Uhl, Grand Rapids, Mich., for Newington, Ltd.

James R. Nelson, Nelson & Kreuger, P.C., Carole D. Bos, Kevin J. O'Dowd, Grand Rapids, Mich., Richard A. Fogel, William M. Savino, M. Paul Gorfinkel, Rivkin, Radler, Bayh, Hart & Kremer, Uniondale, N.Y., for Fireman's Fund Ins. Co.

William F. Jerome, State of New York Ins. Dept., New York City, for Allianz Versicherungs-AG and Midland Ins. Co.

Joel S. Huyser, Robert J. Dugan, Rhoades, McKee, Boer, Goodrich & Titta, Grand Rapids, Mich., Eileen B. Eglin, Stephen D. Straus, Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, New York City, for Northwestern Nat. Ins. Co.

Charles N. Dewey, Jr., Dilley, Dewey & Damon, P.C., Grand Rapids, Mich., Paul R. Koepff, Mudge, Rose, Guthrie, Alexander & Ferdon, New York City, for Insurance Co. of North America.


OPINION

HILLMAN, Senior District Judge.

This consolidated action is brought under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ("CERCLA"), 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq. (1988). The parties filed a total of eight summary judgment motions regarding liability under CERCLA for the cleanup costs at a now-dormant chemical plant in Dalton Township, Michigan ("the site"), which is on the Superfund list of hazardous waste sites...

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