CITY MANAGEMENT CORP. v. U.S. CHEMICAL CO., INC.

Nos. 93-1348, 93-1396.

43 F.3d 244 (1994)

CITY MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. U.S. CHEMICAL COMPANY, INCORPORATED, et al., Defendants, General Motors Corporation; Sea Ray Boats, Incorporated; Chrysler Corporation; Ford Motor Company; BASF Corporation (Inmont); Reichhold Chemicals, Inc.; Acme Quality Paints Company; Foamseal, Incorporated; Hoover Universal, Incorporated; and Allied-Signal Incorporated (93-1348); Dow Corning Corporation; Upjohn Company; and Grimes Aerospace Company, as successor-in-interest to Midland-Ross Corporation (93-1396), Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided November 10, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Fallucca (argued and briefed), Glenn R. Matecun, Robert P. Ufer & Associates, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Mark S. Demorest, Hainer & Demorest, Troy, MI, Robert Tuchman, Linnea Brown, Holme, Roberts & Owen, Denver, CO, for City Management Corp.

Charles L. McKelvie, Troy, MI, for U.S. Chemical Co., Inc.

James A. Thompson, Jr., Paul T. Fitzpatrick, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, Hartford, CT, Frederick B. Lacey (argued), LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, Newark, NJ, Lisa M. Bogardus, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, New York City, for General Motors Corp., Sea Ray Boats, Inc., Chrysler Corp., Ford Motor Co., BASF Corp., Reichhold Chemicals, Inc., Acme Quality Paints Co., Foamseal, Inc., and Hoover Universal, Inc.

James A. Thompson, Jr., Paul T. Fitzpatrick, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, Hartford, CT, Frederick B. Lacey, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, Newark, NJ, Lisa M. Bogardus, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, New York City, Louis R. Pepe (briefed), Pepe & Hazard, Hartford, CT, for Allied-Signal, Inc.

Robert A. Marsac (argued and briefed), James F. Kamp, Wise & Marsac, Detroit, MI, for Dow Corning Corp., Upjohn Co. and Grimes Aerospace Co.

Before: MILBURN, BOGGS, and NORRIS, Circuit Judges.


MILBURN, Circuit Judge.

In this CERCLA1 action, defendants appeal the district court's grant of summary judgment to plaintiff City Environmental, Inc.2 in a dispute over environmental obligations arising from the disposal of hazardous waste at landfills in Michigan. On appeal, the issues are (1) whether the district court erred in holding that even though plaintiff substantially continued the business of U...

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