U.S. v. MONTROSE CHEMICAL CORP. OF CALIFORNIA

No. CV 90-3122 AAH.

883 F.Supp. 1396 (1995)

UNITED STATES of America; State of California, ex rel., Department of Fish and Game, State Lands Commission, and Department of Parks and Recreation, Plaintiffs, v. MONTROSE CHEMICAL CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA; Rhone-Poulenc Basic Chemicals Company; Atkemix Thirty-Seven, Inc.; Stauffer Management Company; ICI American Holdings, Inc.; Chris-Craft Industries, Inc.; Westinghouse Electric Corporation; Potlatch Corporation; Simpson Paper Company; and County Sanitation District No. 2 of Los Angeles, Defendants. And Related Third Party Actions.

United States District Court, C.D. California.

April 6, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald F. George, Helen Kang, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment & Natural Resources Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, San Francisco, CA, Adam M. Kushner, Robert Oakley, Sharon Zamore, Steven O'Rourke, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment & Natural Resources Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for plaintiff the U.S.

John A. Saurenman, Deputy Atty. Gen., Los Angeles, CA, Sara J. Russell, Deputy Atty. Gen., Oakland, CA, for the State of Cal.

Moses Lasky, Charles B. Cohler, David M. Rosenberg-Wohl, William A. Logan, Jr., Lasky, Haas, Cohler, & Munter, San Francisco, CA, for Westinghouse Elec. Corp.

Karl S. Lytz, Latham & Watkins, San Francisco, CA, Kimberly M. McCormick, Latham & Watkins, San Diego, CA, for Montrose Chemical Corp. of California.

Frank Rothman, Peter Simshauser, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Los Angeles, CA, for Chris-Craft Industries, Inc.

Paul B. Galvani, Ropes & Gray, Boston, MA, for defendants Rhone-Poulenc, Stauffer Management, Atkemix and ICI American Holdings, Inc.


AMENDED DECISION, FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND REASONING SUPPORTING SUMMARY JUDGMENT FOR DEFENDANTS AS TO THE FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION IN THE SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT BASED ON THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS (To Make Minor Changes)

HAUK, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

The United States and the State of California ("Plaintiffs") brought suit through a second amended complaint on August 16, 1991 for violations under the Comprehensive Environmental Response,...

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