UNITED STATES of America
v.
ALCAN ALUMINUM, INC.; Champion Auto Generator Service, Inc.; International Flavors and Fragrances, Inc.; Kalama Chemical, Inc.; Schultz Electroplating, Inc.; S & W Waste, Inc.; McAdoo Associates, Inc.; Payso, Inc.; Edward L. Payer; Noreen Payer
v.
AT & T TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; CPS Chemicals Company, Inc.; East Coast Pollution Control, Inc.; Knoll International, Inc.; Lehigh Structural Steel Company; John E. Potochny; Beatrice/Hunt Wesson, Inc.; Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Company; 21 International, Inc.; Special Metals Corporation; Activated Metals & Chemicals, Inc.; Teledyne Vasco, A Division of Teledyne Industries, Inc.; Teledyne Wah Chang Huntsville, A Division of Teledyne Industries, Inc.; Witco Corporation, on behalf of itself and the Richardson Company; CBP Resources; First Valley Bank,
The Trustees of the McAdoo Associates Site Trust Fund ("the Trustees"), proposed intervenors, Appellants.
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Argued December 2, 1993.
Decided May 25, 1994.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Antoinette R. Stone (argued), Buchanan Ingersoll, Philadelphia, PA, for appellants.
John T. Stahr (argued), U.S. Dept. of Justice, and Evelyn Ying, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for appellee, U.S.
Douglas F. Schleicher (argued), Saul, Ewing, Remick & Saul, Philadelphia, PA, for appellee, Intern. Flavors and Fragrances, Inc.
Robert B. McKinstry, Jr. (argued), Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, Philadelphia, PA, for appellee, First Valley Bank.
Joel Schneider, Manta & Welge, Philadelphia, PA, for appellee, Kalama Chemical, Inc.
Allen E. Ertel, Allen E. Ertel & Associates, Williamsport, PA, for appellee, Schultz Electroplating, Inc.
Mark N. Cohen, Margolis, Edelstein & Scherlis, Philadelphia, PA, for appellee, S & W Waste, Inc.
Howard M. Klein, Conrad, O'Brien, Gellman & Rohn, Philadelphia, PA, for appellee, AT & T Technologies, Inc.
David E. Loder, Duane, Morris & Heckscher, Philadelphia, PA, for appellee, Lehigh Structural Steel Co.
Rodney B. Griffith and Janice V. Quimby-Fox, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, PA, for appellee, Beatrice/Hunt Wesson, Inc.
Theodore L. Garrett, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC and Frederick W. Rom, Lavin, Coleman, Finarelli & Gray, Mount Laurel, NJ, for appellee, Procter & Gamble Mfg. Co.
Randall L. Sarosdy, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Washington, DC, for appellee, 21 Intern., Inc.
Before: SCIRICA and ALITO, Circuit Judges and BASSLER, District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
OPINION OF THE COURT
SCIRICA, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal we must decide whether a party who has entered into a consent decree with the Environmental Protection Agency for the cleanup of a superfund site may intervene in subsequent litigation over the same site. We believe that, provided it can demonstrate it has a protectable interest, an early settlor may intervene in the later litigation as of right. On these facts, however, the right to intervene hinges...
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