READING CO. v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA

Civ. A. No. 91-2377.

829 F.Supp. 127 (1993)

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

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

August 5, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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

Martina Bernstein, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Bradford F. Whitman, Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, Philadelphia, PA, Peter A. Glascott, County Sol., Doylestown, PA, Marilyn Heffley, Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, Philadelphia, PA, William C. Roeger, Jr., Asst. County Sol., Bucks County, 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, Holsten & White, Media, PA, 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 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Environmental Resources.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

YOHN, District Judge.

Defendant Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority ("SEPTA") has filed a motion for partial summary judgment on the ground that the doctrine of sovereign immunity bars plaintiff's claims under Pennsylvania's Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act ("HSCA"), 35 Pa.Stat. §§ 6020.101-6020.1305 (1993). For the reasons explained below, the court denies SEPTA...

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