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

Nos. 93-55824, 93-55876.

50 F.3d 741 (1995)

UNITED STATES of America; State of California, ex rel. Department of Fish & Game, State Lands Commission; and Department of Parks & Recreation, Plaintiffs-counter-defendants-third-party-defendants-Appellees, v. MONTROSE CHEMICAL CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA; Chris-Craft Industries, Inc.; Stauffer Management Company; ICI American Holdings, Inc.; Atkemix Thirty-Seven, Inc.; Rhone-Poulenc Basic Chemicals Company, Defendants-counter-claimants-cross-claimants-Appellants, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES; County of Los Angeles; City of Long Beach; Orange County Municipalities and Sanitation District in Orange County; Ventura County Municipalities and Sanitation Districts in Ventura County; San Bernardino County Municipalities, Water & Sanitation Districts, Third-party-defendants-Appellees, and DDT Industrial; PCB Industrial; Los Angeles County Sanitation District and other County Sanitation District of Los Angeles County, Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America; State of California, ex rel. Department of Fish & Game, State Lands Commission, and Department of Parks & Recreation, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. MONTROSE CHEMICAL CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA, Defendant, and CITY OF LOS ANGELES; The Cities of Alhambra; Arcadia; Artesia; Azusa, et al.; The Cities of Agoura Hills; Avalon; Beverly Hills; Burbank, et al.; County of Los Angeles; Los Angeles County Flood Control District; Los Angeles County West Mosquito Abatement District, et al.; City of Long Beach; The Cities of Anaheim; Brea; Buena Park; Costa Mesa, et al.; Orange County Sanitation Districts Nos. 1-3, 5-7, 11, and 13-14; Costa Mesa Sanitary District; Garden Grove Sanitary District; Midway City Sanitary District, et al.; The Cities of Oxnard; Port Hueneme; San Buenaventura; Thousand Oaks; Ventura Regional Sanitation District; City of Camarillo; Camarillo Sanitary District; Channel Islands Beach Community Service District, et al.; The Cities of Chino; Fontana; Montclair; Ontario; Upland; Cucamonga County Water District; Chino Basin Municipal Water District; South East Regional Reclamation Authority; Third-party-defendants-Appellees, South Bay Cities Sanitation District of Los Angeles County and Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts Nos. 1-5, 8-9, 11, 14-23, 26-29 and 32-35, Defendants-third-party-defendants-Appellees, v. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Defendant-counter-claimant-cross-claimant-third-party-plaintiff-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 21, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karl S. Lytz (argued), Kristine L. Wilkes and David J. Barrett, Latham & Watkins, San Diego, CA, for appellant Montrose Chemical Corp. of California.

Charles B. Cohler, Lasky, Haas, Cohler & Munter, San Francisco, CA, for appellant Westinghouse Elec. Corp. (on the briefs).

Andrea Nervi Ward (argued), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Div., Washington, DC, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Lloyd S. Guerci (argued), Mayer, Brown & Platt, Washington, DC; and Wesley G. Beverlin, Knapp, Marsh, Jones & Doran, Los Angeles, CA, for appellees Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts.

Before: GIBSON, HUG, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.


HAWKINS, Circuit Judge:

We consider here the fairness and reasonableness of a settlement in an environmental action brought under CERCLA.1 Appellants challenge the settlement (involving other parties) because, they claim, the district court did not have sufficient information before it to properly determine whether the decree — which provided for a $45.7 million settlement with the Los Angeles County Sanitation District and approximately...

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