U.S. v. LIGHTMAN

No. CIV. 92-4710(JBS).

988 F.Supp. 448 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Jerome LIGHTMAN, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

December 12, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark A. Gallagher, Trial Attorney, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington DC, Faith Hochberg, United States Attorney, Louis J. Bizzarri, Asst. U.S. Atty., United States Attorney's Office, Camden, NJ, for Plaintiff.

John M. Seagnelli, Eric S. Aronson, Whitman Breed Abbot & Morgan, Newark, NJ, for Defendant Stepan Company.

Robert A. Gladstone, Nan Bernardo, Shanley & Fisher, P.C., Morristown, NJ, for Joint Defense Group.


OPINION

SIMANDLE, District Judge.

In this Superfund case, a group of defendants (The "Joint Defense Group" or "JDG") has moved to enforce an agreement between the JDG and defendant Stepan Company to fund the joint settlement of all defendants with the United States. The plaintiff, the United States, has joined this motion. In response to the motion, Magistrate Judge Rosen held an evidentiary hearing, and prepared comprehensive findings in a Report...

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