READING CO. v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA

No. 91-2377.

823 F.Supp. 1218 (1993)

The READING COMPANY v. The CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

May 11, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven J. Engelmyer, Hangley, Connolly, Epstein, Chicco, Foxman & Ewing, Albert G. Bixler, John F. O'Riordan, Hangley, Connolly, Epstein, Chicco, Foxman & Ewing, Philadelphia, PA for Reading Co.

Kenneth J. Warren, Manko, Gold & Katcher, Bala Cynwyd, PA, Patrick K. O'Neill, R. Matthew Pettigrew, Jr., Asst. City Sol., Philadelphia, PA, Marc L. Frohman, Manko, Gold & Katcher, Bala Cynwyd, PA, Dennis Michael Abraham, Asst. City Sol., Philadelphia, PA, for City of Philadelphia.

Martina Bernstein, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Bradford F. Whitman, Reed, Smith, Shaw & Mc Clay, Philadelphia, PA, Peter A. Glascott, County Sol., Doylestown, PA, Marilyn Heffley, Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, Philadelphia, PA, William C. Roeger, Jr., Asst. County Sol., Doylestown, PA, for County of Bucks.

Martina Bernstein, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, PA, John S. Halsted, Chester County Sol., West Chester, PA, Jami Wintz McKeon, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, PA, Marilyn Heffley, Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, Philadelphia, PA, for County of Chester.

William F. Holsten, II, Paola F. Tripodi, Holsten & White, Media, PA, for County of Delaware.

Martina Bernstein, Jami Wintz McKeon, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Marilyn Heffley, Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, Philadelphia, PA, Frederic M. Wentz, Montgomery County Courthouse Sol., Norristown, PA, for County of Montgomery.

Alan C. Gershenson, Roger F. Cox, Ann B. Laupheimer, Jerome R. Richter, Patrick J. McDonnell, Blank, Rome, Comisky & McCauley, Philadelphia, PA, for Southeast Pennsylvania Transp. Authority.

David Richman, Colleen F. Coonelly, Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, Janet L. Scagnelli, Philadelphia, PA, for Consolidated Rail Corp.

Beth Liss Shuman, Office of Chief Counsel, Bureau of Hazardous Sites, Harrisburg, PA, for Com. of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Environmental Resources.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

YOHN, District Judge.

The Reading Company ("Reading") commenced a suit against defendants under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 ("CERCLA"), as amended, 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 9601-9675 and the Pennsylvania Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act ("HSCA"), 35 Pa.Stat. Ann. §§ 6020.101-6020.1305. Reading seeks contribution from defendants for their share of the $8.6 million in clean-up costs...

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