AKZO COATINGS, INC. v. AIGNER CORP.

No. 92-3820.

30 F.3d 761 (1994)

AKZO COATINGS, INCORPORATED, and The O'Brien Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AIGNER CORP., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 11, 1994.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied August 12, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy W. Woods, Jones, Obenchain, Ford, Pankow & Lewis, South Bend, IN, Timothy L. Harker, Colleen M. Morgan, Gary R. Letcher (argued), David J. Kaufman, Washington, DC, for Akzo Coatings, Inc. and O'Brien Corp.

Bradley D. Jackson, Foley & Lardner, Madison, WI, Pierre C. Talbert (argued), Robert Dupuy, Foley & Lardner, Chicago, IL, for Aigner Corp., American Can Co., Dexter Corp., Duplicolor Products Co., Graham Paint & Varnish Co., Inc., Illinois Bronze Paint Co., Motorola, Inc., Prefinish Metals, Inc., Reynolds Metals Co., S & E Elec. Co., Sherwin Williams Co., Valspar, Inc., Whittaker Corp. and Morton Intern. Inc.

Richard W. Paulen, Barnes & Thornburg, Elkhart, IN, Pierre C. Talbert, Robert Dupuy, Toley & Lardner, Chicago, IL, for Rollcoater.

Catherine R. McCabe, Anne S. Almy, Dept. of Justice, Environmental Defense Section, Washington, DC, for U.S. amicus curiae.

Before EASTERBROOK and ROVNER, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, District Judge.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied August 12, 1994.*

ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

After completing the emergency clean-up work they were ordered to perform at a hazardous waste site in Indiana, Akzo Coatings, Incorporated and The O'Brien Corporation (collectively, "Akzo") brought suit for contribution against Aigner Corporation and a number of other companies (collectively, "Aigner") that allegedly had...

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