USA, acting at request of the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
OLIN CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
March 25, 1997.
March 25, 1997.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
J. Don Foster, U.S. Attorney, Eugene A. Seidel, Asst. U.S. Attorney, Mobile, AL, Robert A. Kaplan, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment & Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice, and Robert R. Homiak, John A. Bryson, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Lois Schiffer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, DC, for plaintiff-appellant.
Michael W. Steinberg, Alex S. Karlin, Washington, DC, for defendant-appellee.
George Clemon Freeman, Jr., Hunton & Williams, Richmond, VA, for amicus curiae Alabama Great Southern R. Co. et al.
Stephen S. Ostrach, New England Legal Foundation, Boston, MA, amicus for New England Legal Foundation.
Thomas W. Brunner, Laura A. Foggan, Christopher D. Cerf, Daniel E. Troy, Allison R. Hayward, Wiley, Rein & Fielding, Washington, DC, amicus for Insurance Environmental Lit. Assoc.
Pamela R. Masters, Rowe, Foltz & Martin, P.C., Atlanta, GA, amicus for Alliance of American Insurers.
Donald B. Ayer, Elliot Eder, Brooks M. Beard, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Washington, DC, amicus for Ronson Corporation and Union Pacific Railroad.
Daniel J. Popeo, Paul D. Kamenar, Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, DC, amicus for U.S. Representatives Michael Oxley, et al.
Barry M. Hartman, John P. Krill, Jr., Carl C. Risch, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP, Washington, DC, amicus.
Robin L. Rivett, Anne M. Hawkins, Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, CA, amicus for Pacific Legal Foundation and Competitive Enterprise Institute.
Barbara Wixon-Bonfiglio, George D. Baker, Williams & Jensen, P.C., Washington, DC, amicus for Superfund Reform `95, Inc.
Before ANDERSON, Circuit Judge, and KRAVITCH and HENDERSON, Senior Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
KRAVITCH, Senior Circuit Judge:
Congress passed the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ("CERCLA") to counteract the environmental threats associated with hazardous waste disposal. In this case, the district court dismissed the government's complaint brought under CERCLA against Olin Corporation ("Olin"). It ruled that: (1) the Constitution prohibits enforcement of CERCLA against a party if the environmental effects of that party...
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