U.S. v. HARDAGE

No. 91-6186.

982 F.2d 1491 (1993)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Amicus Curiae, v. Royal N. HARDAGE Defendant. HARDAGE STEERING COMMITTEE Defendant-Appellee, v. JOC OIL, EXPLORATION; Dal-Worth, Industries; Double Eagle; Samuel Bishkin, doing business as Eltex Chemical; L & S Bearing Company; Kerr-McGee Corporation; Cato Oil; Powell Sanitation Service, Inc.; Lowe Chemical; Monsanto; Textron Inc.; PPG Industries; A.H. Belo, doing business as Dallas Morning News; Acme Fence & Iron Co.; Alamo Group Texas, Inc.; AAR Oklahoma, Inc.; Aircraftsman, Inc.; Agnew Auto Parts; American National Can Corporation; Anadite, Inc.; Arrow Tank Trucks; Aztec Manufacturing; Arrow Industries; Aviall of Texas, Inc.; BASF; Betz Laboratories, Inc.; Blanks Engraving; Beazers Materials; Blackwell Zinc Company, Inc.; Broadway Machine & Motor Supply, Inc.; The Bucket Shop, Inc.; Charles Machine Works, Inc.; Container Supply Inc.; Carnation Company; Container Corp. of America; Continental Can Company, Inc.; Cook Paint & Varnish Company; CTU of Delaware; Country Home Meat Company; Dart Industries; Delta Faucet Company; Dow Chemical Company; Del Paint Corporation; Dixico, Inc.; Downtown Airpark, Inc.; Drilex Systems, Inc.; Dubois Chemicals, Inc.; Dresser Industries, Inc.; Drillers Engine & Supply, Inc., Dura Chrome; Fisher Controls; GAF; E C Industries; Fred Jones Manufacturing Company; General Dynamics; General Motors Corporation; Glidden Company; SCM Corporation; Groendyke Transport, Inc.; General Electric Company; Goodyear Tire and Rubber, Inc.; H.W. Allen Hudiberg Chevrolet; Ingersoll-Rand Oilfield Products Company; Hinderliter Tool; ICO, Inc., formerly known as Rodco, Inc.; Johnson & Johnson Medical, Inc.; Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp.; Johnson-Johnson Hospital; Surgikos, Inc.; Kelly Moore Paint; Kerr Glass Manufacturing; Laidlaw Waste; W.J. Lamberton; Master Motor Rebuilders, Inc.; Fixture Morris Company; Madix; George McKiddie, doing business as Capitol Grease Co.; Motorolla; Northrop Worldwide Aircraft, doing business as Earl D. Mills; Packaging Corporation of America; The Oklahoma Publishing Company Parker-Hannifin Corp.; Printpack, Inc.; Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Co.; Quebecor Printing; Maxwell Communication; Riverside Press; Reliance Universal, Inc.; Rohm & Haas Rotex Corporation; Sherwin Williams Company Star Manufacturing; Sermatech; Southwest Electric Company; Stearns & Foster Bedding; Susan Crane; Trigg Drilling Company; Sublett & Associates, Inc.; Teccor Electronics; TRW, Inc.; Turbodel; United Plating Works, Inc.; Valley Steel Products Company; Unit Parts Company; United States Corporation; United State Pollution Control, Inc.; Van Der Horst USA; Waste Management of Oklahoma; Western Uniform & Towel Service; Zoecon Corporation; Xerox, Third-Party Defendants, and Jones-Blair Co.; O'Brien Corporation; Third-Party-Defendants-Appellants,

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

January 6, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur A Schulcz (Timothy L. Harker, with him on the brief), of The Harker Firm, Washington, DC, for third-party-defendants-appellants.

Jeffrey N. Martin (Hether C. Macfarlane, with him on the brief), of Hunton & Williams, Washington, DC, for defendant-appellee.

Roger B. Clegg, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC (Barry M. Hartman, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., David C. Shilton, Anna L. Wolgast, John T. Stahr, Attys., Environmental and Natural Resources Div., Dept. of Justice, Charles De Saillan, Atty., Office of Enforcement, E.P.A., with him on the brief), for U.S. as amicus curiae.

Before TACHA and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges, and BROWN, District Judge.


BALDOCK, Circuit Judge.

This case arises from the cleanup effort at the Hardage Superfund Site (Hardage Site), a federally controlled Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) site near Criner, Oklahoma. CERCLA §§ 101-405, 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601-9675. Third-party-defendants The O'Brien Corporation and Jones-Blair Company (Appellants) appeal from the district court's September...

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