SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DIST. v. MONTALVO

Nos. 93-5113, 94-4397.

84 F.3d 402 (1996)

The SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, New Farm Inc., Plaintiffs, v. Juan MONTALVO, Chemairspray, Inc., Chemspray, Inc., Glades Formulating Corp., Defendants-Third Party Plaintiffs-Appellants, CIBA-GEIGY CORP., Du Pont (E.I.) De Nemours & Co., Monsanto Co., Rohm & Hass Co., Coca-Cola Co., Griffin Corp., Sherwin-Williams Co., Boyton (J.T.) Farms, Inc., Camayen Cattle Co., Gulf & Western Inc., Hatton Bros., Inc., Robert (C) Hatton, Manatee Plantations, Inc., Sod Co., Seminole Sugar Corp., Sugar Cane Growers, Corp., Tailisman Sugar Corp., Trucane Sugar Corp., United Cane Cooperation Assoc., Hercules Inc., Camayen Farms Co., Double D Properties Inc., Defendants-Third-Party Defendants-Appellees. The South Florida Water Management District, New Farm Inc., Plaintiffs, v. Juan MONTALVO, Chemairspray, Inc., Chemspray, Inc., Glades Formulating Corp., Defendants-Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellants, Ciba-Geigy Corp., Du Pont (E.I.) De Nemours & Co., Monsanto Co., Rohm & Hass Co., Defendants-Third-Party Defendants, Coca-Cola Co., Defendant-Third-Party Defendant-Appellee, Griffin Corp., Sherwin-Williams Co., Boyton (J.T.) Farms, Inc., Camayen Cattle Co., Gulf & Western Inc., Hatton Bros., Inc., Robert (C) Hatton, Manatee Plantations, Inc., Sod Co., Seminole Sugar Corp., Sugar Cane Growers, Corp., Tailisman Sugar Corp., Trucane Sugar Corp., United Cane Cooperation Assoc., Hercules Inc., Camayen Farms Co., Double D Properties Inc., Defendants-Third-Party Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 3, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip M. Burlington, West Palm Beach, FL and James R. Hubbard, West Palm Beach, FL, for appellants.

Arnold L. Berman, West Palm Beach, FL, Anthony Dimatteo, West Palm Beach, FL, Boynton, Camayen, Miami Sugag Cane, Trucane, United Cane, Cooper Assoc., and Jonathan D. Gerber, Shutts & Bowen, West Palm Beach, FL, for Double D Management & Double D Properties.

Patricia T. Barmeyer, Carol M. Wood, Atlanta, GA, for The Coca-Cola Company.

Before HATCHETT and BLACK, Circuit Judges, and CLARK, Senior Circuit Judge.


BLACK, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal, we are asked to define the limits of "arranged for" liability under § 107(a)(3) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. § 9607(a)(3). Third-Party Plaintiffs Juan Montalvo, Chemairspray, Inc., Chemspray, Inc., and Glades Formulating Corporation (collectively, "the Sprayers") sued a group of landowners in south Florida (the Landowners) claiming the Landowners...

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