UNITED STATES of America, State of California, ex rel., Department of Fish and Game, State Lands Commission, and Department of Parks and Recreation, Plaintiffs,
v.
MONTROSE CHEMICAL CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA, Rhone-Poulenc Basic Chemicals Company, Atkemix Thirty-Seven, Inc., Stauffer Management Company, ICI American Holdings, Inc., Chris-Craft Industries, Inc., Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Potlatch Corporation, Simpson Paper Company, and County Sanitation District No. 2 of Los Angeles, Defendants.
Montrose Chemical Corporation of California, Rhone-Poulenc Basic Chemicals Company, Atkemix Thirty-Seven, Inc., Stauffer Management Company, ICI American Holdings, Inc., Chris-Craft Industries, Inc., Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Potlatch Corporation, Simpson Paper Company, and County Sanitation District No. 2 of Los Angeles, Counterclaimants,
United States of America, State of California, and South Coast Air Quality Management District, Counterdefendants.
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March 31, 1992.
March 31, 1992.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Gerald F. George, Dept. of Justice, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Div., United States Dept. of Justice, San Francisco, Cal., Adam M. Kushner, Scott A. Schachter, Christina M. Humway, Dept. of Justice, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Div., United States Dept. of Justice, Washington D.C., for U.S.
Peter Hsiao, Asst. U.S. Atty., Civil Div., U.S. Attys. Office, C.D. Cal., John A. Saurenman, Barbara Noble, Deputy Atty. Gen., Los Angeles, Cal., for State of Cal.
Mark I. Weinberger, Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger, San Francisco, Cal., Robert Kwong, Senior Deputy, Deputy District Counsel, South Coast Air Quality Management Dist., Diamond Bar, Cal., for South Coast Air Management Dist.
Paul B. Galvani, Ropes & Gray, Boston, Mass., Christopher J. McNevin, Pillsbury Madison & Sutro, Los Angeles, Cal., for Rhone-Poulenc Basic Chemicals Co., Atkemix Thirty-Seven, Inc., Stauffer Mgmt. Co., and ICI Holdings, Inc.
Jose R. Allen, Peter Simshauser, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, San Francisco, Cal., for Chris-Craft Industries, Inc.
Robert M. Dell, Kimberly M. McCormick, Latham & Watkins, San Francisco, Cal., for Montrose Chemical Corp. of California.
Charles B. Cohler, Lasky, Haas, Cohler & Munter, San Francisco, Cal., for Westinghouse Elec. Corp.
United States District Court, C.D. California.
DECISION AND ORDER RE: MOTIONS TO DISMISS COUNTERCLAIMS
HAUK, Senior District Judge.
These are actions by the United States of America and the State of California against Defendants under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 ("CERCLA"), 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq. (1982), as amended by Superfund Amendments And Reauthorization Act of 1986 ("SARA"), Pub.L. No...
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