UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,
and State of Michigan: Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Intervening Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee,
v.
AKZO COATINGS OF AMERICA, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees, Cross-Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued October 1, 1990.
Decided December 5, 1991.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Geneva S. Halliday, Asst. U.S. Atty. (briefed), Detroit, Mich., J. Carol Williams (argued), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Land & Natural Resources Div., Washington, D.C., for the U.S.
Jeremy M. Firestone (briefed), Robert P. Reichel, Asst. Atty. Gen. (argued and briefed), Stewart H. Freeman, Office of the Atty. Gen., Tort Defense Div., Lansing, Mich., for State of Mich.
James F. Allen, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Columbus, Ohio, J.K. MacKendree Day, Chicago, Ill., for Akzo Coatings of America, Inc.
Michael Grice, Detroit, Mich., Keith J. Lerminiaux (argued), Dickinson, Wright, Moon, Van Dusen & Freeman, Detroit, Mich., for Chrysler Motors Corp.
Robert A. Emmett, Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, Washington, D.C., John A. Kruse, Harvey, Kruse, Westen & Milan, Detroit, Mich., for Detrex Corp.
David Matthews, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Fabricon Automotive Products.
Frank S. Galgan, Troy, Mich., for Federal Screw Works.
Mark D. Edie, Dearborn, Mich., for Ford Motor Co.
David L. Tripp, Dykema, Gossett, Spencer, Goodnow & Trigg, Detroit, Mich., for General Motors Corp.
Melinda R. Martinson, Hoechst Celanese Corp., Sommerville, N.J., for Hoechst Celanese Corp.
Donald S. Strait (briefed), Rebecca E. Todd, Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., New York City, for Natural Resources Defense Council, amicus curiae.
A. Blakeman Early, Washington, D.C., for The Sierra Club, amicus curiae.
Mark J. Rudolph, William J. Selinsky, Provizer, Eisenberg, Lichtenstein & Pearlman, Southfield, Mich., for Michigan Indus. Finishes.
Thomas W.B. Porter, David L. Tripp, Dykema, Gossett, Spencer, Goodnow & Trigg, Detroit, Mich., for RPM, Inc.
Thomas P. Wilczak, Barbara H. Anderson, David L. Maurer, Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, Detroit, Mich., for TRW, Inc. and Uniroyal, Inc.
Before JONES, Circuit Judge, ENGEL and WELLFORD, Senior Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
ENGEL, Senior Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by the State of Michigan from the entry of a consent decree between the United States Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") and twelve defendants1 pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ("CERCLA"), as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 ("SARA"), 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq. The consent decree...
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