U.S. v. STRAITS STEEL & WIRE CO.

No. 1:91-CV-383.

810 F.Supp. 208 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. STRAITS STEEL & WIRE COMPANY and Citation-Walther Corporation, Defendants/Third-Party Plaintiffs/Counter Third-Party Defendants, v. COUNTY OF MASON, Third-Party Defendant/Counter Third-Party Plaintiff, v. ACME DISPOSAL COMPANY, INC., et al., Third-Party Defendants.

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

November 19, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Gezon, and W. Francesca Ferguson, Asst. U.S. Attys., John A. Smietanka, U.S. Atty., Grand Rapids, MI, Richard B. Stewart, Gerard A. Brost, Trial Atty., Gregg Lattimer, and Lisa A. Cherup, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environmental Enforcement Section, Washington, DC, and Sean Mulroney, U.S. E.P.A., Chicago, IL, for the U.S.

Charles M. Denton, George B. Davis, Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett, Grand Rapids, MI, for defendant Straits Steel and Wire Co.

Leonard F. Charla, Gregory J. Parry, Butzel Long, Detroit, MI, for defendant Citation-Walther Corp.

Steven C. Kohl, Howard & Howard, PC, Bloomfield Hills, MI, for Acme Disposal Co., Inc., and Atkinson Mfg. Co., third-party defendants.

Louis M. Rundio, Jr., Robert J. Slobig, Linda M. Bullen, McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, IL, for Atkinson Mfg. Co. and Vermont-American Corp.

Alan C. Schwartz, David Melvin Buday, Miller, Johnson, Snell & Cummiskey, Grand Rapids, MI, for Brill Mfg. Co.

Alan C. Bennett, Law, Weathers & Richardson, Grand Rapids, MI, for CSX Commercial Services, CSX Corp. and CSX Transp.

James J. Kobza, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Muskegon, MI, for Edward L. Dains.

Darrell M. Grams, Wise & Marsac, PC, Detroit, MI, Sydney Rooks, Dow Chemical Co., Legal Dept., Midland, MI, for Dow Chemical Co.

Beth Gotthelf, Marty A. Burnstein, Seyburn, Kahn, Ginn, Bess, Howard & Deitch, Southfield, MI, for Dresser Industries, Inc.

Dustin P. Ordway, Dickinson, Wright, Moon, Van Dusen & Freeman, Grand Rapids, MI, for Emerson Elec. Co.

Dennis Forst, Niles, MI, pro se.

Brian Kilbane, Smith, Haughey, Rice & Roegge, PC, Grand Rapids, MI, for Great Lakes Casting Corp.

William K. Holmes, Warner, Norcross & Judd, Grand Rapids, MI, for Jackson Jordan, Inc.

James R. Hulbert, Henry L. Guikema, PC, Grand Rapids, MI, for Kaines-West Michigan Co.

Roger H. Anderson, Gavigan, Anderson & Vaniente, Ludington, MI, John D. Noonan, Rosi, Olsen & Levine, PC, Traverse City, MI, for City of Ludington.

Robert K. Kaufman, Robert P. Tremp, Lisa A. Jones, Cummings, McClorey, Davis, Acho & Tremp, Traverse City, MI, for Mason County.

Kenneth W. Vermeulen, Warner, Norcross & Judd, Grand Rapids, MI, for Mitchell Corp.

Todd R. Dickinson, and Philip G. Henderson, Tolley, Fisher & Verwys, PC, Grand Rapids, MI, Robert M. Brill, Stokely USA Legal Dept., Oconomowoc, WI, for Stokely-Van Camp, Inc., and Stokely-USA, Inc.

Norman J. White, Ludington, MI, for John Wolkow.

Catherine M. Reynolds, Jackson, MI, for Consumers Power Co.

Thaddeus C. Barecki, Prince, Barecki, Nicholas & Burrows, Hart, MI, for City of Hart and Village of Pentwater.

Sandra S. Hamilton, Jeffrey J. Van Winkle, Phillip F. Wood, Clary, Nantz, Wood, Hoffius, Rankin & Cooper, Grand Rapids, MI, for Pentwater Wire Products.

David F. Betz, Ludington, MI, for Towns Bros. Const.

Larry E. Kivela, Pehrson & Nicholson, Ludington, MI, for URKA Car Dealer.

James P. Enright, Warner, Norcross & Judd, Grand Rapids, MI, for Henry Marek.


OPINION

ROBERT HOLMES BELL, District Judge.

This is a complex environmental litigation. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (the "EPA") commenced the litigation by instituting a suit under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 ("CERCLA"), 42 U.S.C. § 9607, against defendants Straits Steel & Wire Company and Citation-Walther Corporation (the "principal defendants") to recover the response costs...

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