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U.S. v. VERTAC CHEMICAL CORP.

Civ. Nos. LR-C-80-109 and LR-C-80-110.

841 F.Supp. 884 (1993)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. VERTAC CHEMICAL CORP., et al., Defendants. ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF POLLUTION CONTROL AND ECOLOGY, Plaintiff, v. VERTAC CHEMICAL CORP., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Arkansas, W.D.

October 12, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Sheehan, Scott Jordan, Craig Galli, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Div., Sean Carman, Drenaye L. Houston, Paul Schaeffer, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environmental Enforcement Section, Washington, DC, Mel McFarland, U.S. E.P.A., Region VI, Dallas, TX, Sam Blesi, Dept. of Justice, Land & Natural Resources Div., Washington, DC, Samuel E. Ledbetter, Nichols, Wolff & Ledbetter, Little Rock, AR, Richard F. Ricci, Lowenstein, Sandler, Kohl, Fisher & Boylan, Roseland, NJ, Charles L. Moulton, Atty. General's Office, Little Rock, AR, for plaintiffs.

V. Robert Denham, Jr., Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, Atlanta, GA, Ronald A. May, Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, Kevin A. Crass, and William H. Sutton, Friday, Eldredge & Clark, Little Rock, AR, Mark A. Turco, and Robert Brager, Beveridge & Diamond, Washington, DC, Stephen C. Engstrom, and Timothy O. Dudley, Wilson, Engstrom, Corum, Dudley & Coulter, Steven W. Quattlebaum, and G. Alan Perkins, Williams & Anderson, Little Rock, AR, for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

GEORGE HOWARD, Jr., District Judge.

In the present case, the State of Arkansas and Vertac along with Hercules have filed motions for summary judgment asking that the United States be held liable under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ("CERCLA"), 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq. for its role in the production of Agent Orange.1 In response...

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