SCHWARTZMAN, INC. v. GENERAL ELEC. CO.

No. 93-27-M Civil.

848 F.Supp. 942 (1993)

SCHWARTZMAN, INC., a New Mexico corporation, and the State of New Mexico, ex rel. Schwartzman, Inc., Plaintiff, v. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, a New York corporation; et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Mexico.

October 19, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul G. Bardacke, Eaves, Bardacke & Baugh, Albuquerque, NM, for Schwartzman, Inc. and State of New Mexico ex rel. Schwartzman, Inc.

Michael J. Cadigan, Sutin, Thayer & Browne, Albuquerque, NM, William J. Killoran, Gen. Elec. Co., Environmental Affairs Counsel, Cincinnati, OH, John A. Bannerman, Beall, Biehler & Bannerman, John F. Barg, James Arthur Bruen, Derrick Watson, Landels, Ripley and Diamond, San Francisco, CA, for Gen. Elec. Co.

Alan R. Wilson, Dines, Wilson & Gross, Albuquerque, NM, for ACF Industries, Inc.

Gregory D. Huffaker, Jr., Huffaker, Nelson & Barnes, Santa Fe, NM, B. Mark Hausman, Richard W. Kuhling, Paine, Hamblen, Coffin, Brooke & Miller, Spokane, WA, Alberto A. Leon, Kelly, Rammelkamp, Muehlenweg, Lucero & Leon, Albuquerque, NM, for Chevron Pipeline Co. and Chevron, USA.

Marte D. Lightstone, Lyman G. Sandy, Miller, Stratvert, Torgerson and Schlenker, Albuquerque, NM, Laurence K. Gustafson, Haynes and Boone, Dallas, TX, Jay Gwin, San Antonio, TX, for Phillips Pipeline Co., Texaco Pipeline Inc., West Emerald Pipeline Corp., Diamond Shamrock Refining and Marketing Co. and The ATA Group.

Richard L. Alvidrez, Russell Moore, Keleher and McLeod, Albuquerque, NM, Ronald N. Ricketts, Gable and Gotwals, Tulsa, OK, for Texaco Refining and Marketing, Inc.

John W. Zavitz, U.S. Attys. Office, D.N.M., Albuquerque, NM, Burke M. Wong, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for U.S.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

MECHEM, Senior District Judge.

This matter comes on for consideration on motions by the defendants to dismiss Count VI of the complaint, strict liability. This issue was raised in the following motions:

• Motion filed March 22, 1993 by defendants Chevron, USA and Chevron Pipeline; • Motion filed March 22, 1993, by defendants Texaco Pipeline, Inc, West Emerald Pipeline, ATA Group, and Phillips...

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