CHARTER TP. OF OSHTEMO v. AMERICAN CYANAMID CO.

No. 1:92:CV:843.

910 F.Supp. 332 (1995)

CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF OSHTEMO; City of Kalamazoo; Kalamazoo County; and The Upjohn Company, Plaintiffs, v. AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Michigan.

May 3, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard D. Reed, Reed, Stover & O'Connor, PC, Kalamazoo, MI, for Charter Tp. of Oshtemo.

Robert H. Cinabro, Office of the City Attorney, Kalamazoo, MI, for City of Kalamazoo.

Duane T. Triemstra, Kalamazoo County Board of Commissioners, Kalamazoo, MI, for Kalamazoo County.

Scott S. Brinkmeyer, Marjorie McKenney Dixon, Mika, Meyers, Beckett & Jones, P.L.C., Grand Rapids, MI, Martha J. Koster, Stephen M. Leonard, Lee H. Glickenhaus, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, Boston, MA, for The Upjohn Company.

Thomas W. Daggett, Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Chicago, IL, for American Cyanamid Company.

Charles M. Denton, Michael F. Kelly, Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett, Grand Rapids, MI, Philip A. Grashoff, Jr., David B. Nelson, Honigman, Miller, Schwartz & Cohn, Detroit, MI, for Arco Industries Corporation.

Paul Theodore Vlachos, Vlachos & Vlachos, PC, Kalamazoo, MI, for Balkema, Inc., et al.

Dustin P. Ordway, John L. Teeples, Dickinson, Wright, Moon, Van Dusen & Freeman, Grand Rapids, MI, for Borden Chemical, Inc., et al.

Todd R. Dickinson, Philip G. Henderson, Tolley, Vandenbosch & Walton, PC, Grand Rapids, MI, for Brunswick Corporation.

Robert A. Soltis, Ford, Kriekard, Domeny & Byrne, PC, Portage, MI, for City of Parchment.

Alan H. Silverman, Silverman, Rodbard & Smith, PC, Kalamazoo, MI, James Shek, Cornell, Dalzell, Fette, Ramey, et al., Kalamazoo, MI, Michael H. Perry, Fraser, Trebilcock, Davis & Foster, PC, Lansing, MI, for City Star Service, Inc.

Mary M. Bittence, Patricia A. Poole, Baker & Hostetler, Cleveland, OH, Cynthia P. Ortega, Cynthia P. Ortega Law Offices, Kalamazoo, MI, for Eaton Corporation.

Steven C. Kohl, Howard & Howard, PC, Bloomfield Hills, MI, for Fabri-Kal Corporation.

John A. Ferroli, Dykema Gossett PLLC, Grand Rapids, MI, James G. Fausone, Dykema Gossett, Detroit, MI, for General Motors Corporation.

Charles M. Denton, George B. Davis, Michael F. Kelly, Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett, Grand Rapids, MI, for Hydreco, Inc., et al.

John H. Hess, Hess & Hess, PC, Grand Rapids, MI, Steven P. Means, Michael, Best & Friedrich, Madison, WI, for International Paper.

James R. Nelson, Nelson & Kreuger, PC, Grand Rapids, MI, Brian J. Jordan, Michigan Bell Telephone Co., Detroit, MI, for Michigan Bell Telephone Company.

Gary A. Trepod, Honigman, Miller, Schwartz & Cohn, Lansing, MI, Christopher J. Dunsky, Honigman, Miller, Schwartz & Cohn, Detroit, MI, for Michigan Disposal Service Corporation.

Sharan Lee Levine, Levine & Levine, Kalamazoo, MI, Kathryn Browning Fuller, Beveridge & Diamond, PC, New York City, for Penn Corporation.

Randall S. Schau, Gemrich, Moser, Bowser & Lohrmann, Kalamazoo, MI, for Prab Robots, Inc., et al.

Lynda E. Thomsen, Thomas M. Canny, Bauckham, Sparks, Rolfe & Thomsen, Kalamazoo, MI, for Richland Township.

Steven C. Kohl, Howard & Howard, PC, Bloomfield Hills, MI, William H. Harbeck, Quarles & Brady, Milwaukee, WI, for Simpson Plainwell Paper Company.

David H. Fink, Avery K. Williams, Cooper, Fink & Zausmer, PC, Farmington Hills, MI, for Waste Management of Michigan, Inc.

John R. LaParl, Jr., Smith, LaParl & Mequio, Portage, MI, for Impact Label, Inc.

Joanne R. Robinson, Bloomfield, MI, for Lakeside Refining Company.

Jeffrey Damen Swenarton, Kreis, Enderle, Callander & Hudgins, PC, Kalamazoo, MI, for National Storage.

Peter W. Steketee, Grand Rapids, MI, for Rheem Manufacturing Company.


OPINION

ENSLEN, Chief Judge.

This matter is before the Court on the Joint Defense Group's motion for reconsideration of this Court's Order issued August 19, 1993.1 On that date, this Court denied defendants' motion to dismiss plaintiffs' claim under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. § 9607 ("section 107").

The claim concerns response costs incurred...

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