SYLVESTER BROS. DEV. v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN R.R.

Civ. No. 4-88-692.

133 B.R. 648 (1991)

SYLVESTER BROTHERS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD, Metal-Matic, Inc., et al., Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL, Moorhead Machinery & Boiler Company, et al., Third-Party Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. Curtis V. O'CONNOR, et al., Third-Party Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota, Fourth Division.

November 5, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah Halvorson, Lindquist & Vennum, Minneapolis, Minn., for defendant and third-party plaintiff Whittaker Corp.

Scott Ammarell, McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, Ill., for defendant and third-party plaintiff FMC Corp.

Karna Berg, and Douglas Skor, Briggs & Morgan, St. Paul, Minn., for third-party defendant Pako Corp.

Gary Maynard Hansen, Dawn Louise Gagne, Doherty Rumble & Butler, St. Paul, Minn., for plaintiff.

John Bernard Van De North, Jr., Briggs & Morgan, St. Paul, Minn., Gary Charles Reiter, Mahoney Dougherty & Mahoney, Stuart T. Williams, David Bradley Olsen, Henson & Efron, David Fulton Herr, John Hugh Gilmore, Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, Robert L. Collins, Delmar R. Ehrich, Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, Minn., Charlene W. Hatcher, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Minn., Sarah D. Halvorson, Timothy H. Butler, Lindquist & Vennum, Minneapolis, Minn., Joe A. Walters, O'Connor & Hannan, Minneapolis, Minn., David S. Finch, Harvey M. Sheldon, Scott W. Ammarell, McDermott Will & Emery, Chicago, Ill., Becky A. Comstock, Dorsey & Whitney, Mark F. Ten Eyck, Larry Dale Espel, Popham Haik Schnobrich & Kaufman, George Orlyn Ludcke, Best & Flanagan, Virgil Cyril Herrick, Herrick & Newman, Glenn Joel Olander-Quamme, Soo Line R. Co., Susan Mary Swift, Frank Allen Dvorak, MacKall Crounse & Moore, George R. Serdar, Parsinen Bowman & Levy, Richard H. Krochock, Robert Bryan Jaskowiak, Rider Bennett Egan & Arundel, Minneapolis, Minn., for defendants and third party plaintiffs.

Gregory Alan Fontaine, Becky A. Comstock, Benjamin A. Brown, Jr., Dorsey & Whitney, Leo G. Stern, Richard D. Snyder, Fredrikson & Byron, Richard H. Krochock, Robert Bryan Jaskowiak, Rider Bennett Egan & Arundel, Erik T. Salveson, Gray Plant Mooty Mooty & Bennett, William Christopher Penwell, Gerald S. Duffy, Kathleen Ann Connelly, Siegel Brill Greupner & Duffy, Daniel Weldon Hergott, Richard M. Dahl, Dunkley Bennett & Christensen, Eric A. Nerness, Joseph Francis Lulic, Hanson & Lulic, Mark F. Ten Eyck, Larry Dale Espel, Popham Haik Schnobrich & Kaufman, Minneapolis, Minn., John L. Greenthal, Nixon Hargrave Devans & Doyle, Albany, N.Y., Andrew C. Rose, Nixon Hargrave Devans & Doyle, Rochester, N.Y., William W. Thompson, Schmidt Thompson Thompson, Johnson & Moody, Willmar, Minn., Sarah D. Halvorson, Lindquist & Vennum, Minneapolis, Minn., Gary Maynard Hansen, Dawn Louise Gagne, Doherty Rumble & Butler, St. Paul, Minn., James Thomas Martin, Gislason Martin & Varpness, Edina, Minn., Peter Matthew Banovetz, Gilmore Aafedt Forde Anderson & Gray, Minneapolis, Minn., Robert Edward Cattanach, Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly, St. Paul, Minn., John Charles Goodnow, Susan Kay Wiens, Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly, Karl K. Vanzo, Maclay R. Hyde, Edwin Ralph Holmes, Gray Plant Mooty Mooty & Bennett, Mark Scholle, Mark R. Geier, Phillips Gross & Aaron, John F. Angell, Stich Angell Kreidler & Muth, Minneapolis, Minn., Clifford D. Bobholz, David T. Coriden, Menards Inc., Corporate Legal Staff, Eau Claire, Wis., David L. Kraker, Kraker Law Office, Minneapolis, Minn., Charles Nathan Nauen, Margaret H. Chutich, Opperman Heins & Paquin, Joseph G. Beaton, Jr., Beaton Law Office, Keith J. Broady, Minneapolis, Minn., John Bernard Van De North, Jr., Briggs & Morgan, St. Paul, Minn., Mary Jo Madigan, U.S. Atty. Office, Minneapolis, Minn., Martin F. McDermott, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Div., Washington, D.C., Kevin L. Call, Major, Environmental Law Div., Washington, D.C., Douglas Richard Rainbow, Mark E. Mulhollam, Gray Plant Mooty Mooty & Bennett, Susan Mary Swift, Frank Allen Dvorak, MacKall Crounse & Moore, Andrea M. Fike, Faegre & Benson, Stuart T. Williams, David Bradley Olsen, Henson & Efron, Thomas J. Williams, Miller & Williams, Greer Edwin Lockhart, Michael A. Klutho, Bassford Heckt Lockhart, Truesdell & Briggs, Byron E. Starns, Jr., Carolyn Veehoff Wolski, Leonard Street & Deinard, William A. Blonigan, Korba & Blonigan, Minneapolis, Minn., for third-party defendants.

Donovan Douglas Larson, Larson Law Office, Mark F. Ten Eyck, Larry Dale Espel, Minneapolis, Minn., for movants.

Robert L. Collins, Delmar R. Ehrich, Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, Minn., Charlene W. Hatcher, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Minn., David Fulton Herr, John Hugh Gilmore, Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, Sarah D. Halvorson, Timothy H. Butler, Lindquist & Vennum, Daniel Weldon Hergott, Richard M. Dahl, Dunkley Bennett & Christensen, David L. Kraker, Kraker Law Office, Minneapolis, Minn., for third-party plaintiffs.

Vic's Auto Body Inc., pro se.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

DIANA E. MURPHY, District Judge.

This action was commenced by Sylvester Brothers Development Company against numerous defendants, alleging liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601-75, and the Minnesota Environmental Response and Liability Act (MERLA), Minn.Stat. §§ 115B.01-.37. Many defendants impleaded third-party defendants. Defendant...

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