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, INC., Cornell-Dubilier Electronics, Inc., Dartmouth Finishing Corp., Federal Pacific Electric Company, Fibre Leather Mfg. Co., Mohasco Corporation, Monogram Industries, Inc., d/b/a American Flexible Conduit, New England Telephone & Telegraph Company, Nortek Inc., Ottaway Newspapers, Inc., Revere Copper and Brass Inc., Revere Copper Products, Inc., The City of New Bedford, and Savit Corp., Defendants.
United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
July 30, 1997.
July 30, 1997.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Stephen J. Brake, Nutter, McClennen & Fish, Boston, MA, David M. Jones, Roger C. Zehntner, George H. Wilcox, Wendy del Real, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Boston, MA, William L. Lahey, Palmer & Dodge, Boston, MA, for Acushnet Co.
Stephen J. Brake, Nutter, McClennen & Fish, Boston, MA, David M. Jones, Roger C. Zehntner, George H. Wilcox, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Boston, MA, for Amtel Inc., Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc., Chamberlain Mfg. Corp., Com. Elec. Co., Com. Gas Co., Emhart Ind., Inc., Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Paramount Communications Inc., Teledyne Rodney Metals, United Dominion Industries, Inc.
Stephen J. Brake, 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 Corp.
M. Frederick Pritzker, Wayne F. Dennison, Brown, Rudnick, Freed & Gesmer, Boston, MA, for Brittany Dyeing and Printing Corp.
William J. Cheeseman, George N. Lester, Foley, Hoag & Eliot, Boston, MA, Robert A. Murphy, Andrew M. Higgins, Casner & Edwards, Boston, MA, for Cornell-Dubilier Electronics.
Alexander T. Bok, Boston, MA, Edward T. Dangel, III, Dangel, Donlan and Fine, Boston, MA, for Dartmouth Finishing Corp.
Seth D. Jaffe, Anne D. Berlin, Jeffrey L. Roelofs, Foley, Hoag & Eliot, Boston, MA, for New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
James A.G. Hamilton, Lawrence G. Green, Perkins, Smith & Cohen, Boston, MA, for Revere Copper and Brass Inc., Revere Copper Products Inc.
Arthur J. Caron, Jr., City Solicitor, New Bedford, MA, for City of New Bedford.
United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.
Opinion
KEETON, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
A. Questions About the Terms of Final Judgment
The questions now to be decided concern what final judgment is to be entered, after extended pretrial and trial proceedings (both jury and non-jury), on claims of "settling parties" against non-settling parties for contribution of shares of remediation costs, past and future, of the "Sullivan's Ledge Site" in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
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