ACUSHNET CO. v. COATERS INC.

Civil Action No. 93-11219-REK.

937 F.Supp. 988 (1996)

ACUSHNET COMPANY, Amtel Incorporated, AVX Corporation, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Bridgestone/Firestone Inc., Brittany Dyeing and Printing Corp., Chamberlain Manufacturing Corp., Commonwealth Electrical Company, Commonwealth Gas Company, Emhart Industries Inc., Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Paramount Communications Incorporated, Teledyne Rodney Metals a division of Teledyne Industries Incorporated, United Dominion Industries Inc., Plaintiffs, v. COATERS INCORPORATED, Cornell-Dubilier Electronics, Dartmouth Finishing Corporation, Federal Pacific Electric Co., Fibre Leather Mfg. Co., Mohasco Corporation, Monogram Industries Incorporated dba American Flexible Conduit, New England Telephone & Telegraph Company, Nortek Incorporated, Ottaway Newspapers Inc., Revere Copper and Brass Incorporated, Revere Copper Products Incorporated, the City of New Bedford, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

July 24, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Jones, Roger C. Zehntner, George H. Wilcox, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Boston, MA, William L. Lahey, Palmer & Dodge, Boston, MA, for Acushnet Company.

David M. Jones, Roger C. Zehntner, George H. Wilcox, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Boston, MA, for Amtel Incorporated, Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc., Chamberlain Mfg. Corp., Com. Electrical Co., Com. Gas Co., Emhart Industries, Inc., Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Paramount Communications Inc., Teledyne Rodney Metals, United Dominion Industries, Inc., Brittany Dyeing & Printing Corp.

Mary K. Ryan, Nutter, McClennen & Fish, Boston, MA, David M. Jones, Irene C. Freidel, Roger C. Zehntner, George H. Wilcox, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Boston, MA, for AVX Corporation.

M. Frederick Pritzker, Wayne F. Dennison, Brown, Rudnick, Freed & Gesmer, Boston, MA, David M. Jones, Roger C. Zehntner, George H. Wilcox, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Boston, MA, for Brittany Dyeing and Printing Corp.

Donald D. Cooper, Hutchins, Wheeler & Dittmar, Boston, MA, for Coaters Incorporated.

William J. Cheeseman, George N. Lester, Foley, Hoag & Eliot, Boston, MA, for Cornell-Dubilier Electronics.

Alexander T. Bok, Boston, MA, Edward T. Dangel, III, Dangel, Donlan & Fine, Boston, MA, for Dartmouth Finishing Corporation.

John R. Quarles, Jr., Ralph N. Albright, Jr., Howard Weir, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Washington, DC, for Federal Pacific Electric Co.

David A. McLaughlin, McLaughlin & Folan, PC, New Bedford, MA, for Fibre Leather Mfg. Co.

Paul R. Mordarski, Morrissey & Hawkins, Boston, MA, George W. House, Reid L. Phillips, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, Greensboro, NC, David C. Hawkins, Morrissey & Hawkins, Boston, MA, for Mohasco Corporation.

Gerald J. Petros, Hinckley, Allen, Snyder & Comen, Providence, RI, Larry J. Silverman, Takoma Park, MD, for Monogram Industries Incorporated.

Seth D. Jaffe, Anne D. Berlin, Jeffrey L. Roelofs, Foley, Hoag & Eliot, Boston, MA, for New England Tel. & Tel. Co.

Larry J. Silverman, Takoma Park, MD, for Nortek Incorporated.

Deming E. Sherman, Wesley J. Marshall, Edwards & Angell, Providence, RI, for Ottaway Newspapers, Inc.

James A.G. Hamilton, Lawrence G. Green, Perkins, Smith & Cohen, Boston, MA, for Revere Copper and Brass Inc., Revere Copper Products Incorporated.

Arthur J. Caron, Jr., City Solicitor, New Bedford, MA, for The City of New Bedford.


OPINION

KEETON, District Judge.

I.

Nature of the Case

This is a complex civil action involving questions about the scope of liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ("CERCLA"), 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601-9675 (1995). The dispute among the parties to this action originated from the need to remedy toxic pollution in and around a former quarry at Sullivan's Ledge in New Bedford, Massachusetts...

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