B.F. GOODRICH v. BETKOSKI

Nos. 1268-1271, Dockets 95-6074, 95-6088, 95-6090 and 95-6098.

112 F.3d 88 (1997)

B.F. GOODRICH; Upjohn Company; Dow Corning Corporation; Environmental Waste Resources, Inc.; Reynolds Aluminum Building Products Company; Uniroyal Chemical Co., Inc.; White Consolidated Industries; Kerite Company; Unisys Corporation; Risdon Corp.; Hoechst Celanese Corporation; Cadbury Beverages, Inc.; Coltec Industries, Inc.; Ken-Chas Reserve Co.; United States of America; State of Connecticut; Naugatuck Glass Co.; Naugatuck Treatment Co., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. John BETKOSKI; George Clark; Armstrong Rubber Company; Thomas Ashmore; Borough of Naugatuck; Bristol Flowed Gasket Company; Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority; Dee's, Inc., also known as Dee's Refuse, Inc.; Derby Tire Company; Eastern Company; General Roofing & Sheet Metal Co., Inc.; Gerald Metals, Inc.; C.R. Gibson Company; Hospital Marketing Services Co., Inc.; Ideal Manufacturing Co.; Jacob Brothers, Inc.; Litton Systems, Inc., also known as Winchester Electronics; Manafort Brothers, Inc.; Nasco, Inc.; New Haven Housing Authority; Northeast Utilities; Frank Perrotti & Sons, Inc.; Quality Rubber Co.; Sanitary Refuse Co., Inc.; Seymour Brass Turning Co.; Sperry Rand Corporation; Stauffer Chemical Company; Town of Middlebury; Town of Thomaston; Town of Woodbury; Triangle Industries, Inc.; Turner Construction Company; U.S. Prolam, Inc.; Waterbury Companies, Inc.; Watertown Housing Authority; Zollo Drum Company, Inc.; Atlantic Richfield Co.; Adam's Service Station; Armand's Auto Service; High Ridge Apartments; Ashmore Trucking; Beacon Outing Club; Brass Rail Restaurant; Coffee Shop; Crelan Constr. Co.; Ct. Sheet Metal/Wood Co.; Daddio's; David Rupsis; Edward Betowski; Elk's Lodge # 967; George's Floor Covering; Horizon Homes; Korvette Services; Latella Carting Co.; Lombard Bros., Inc.; Long Meadow Cafe; McDonald's Restaurant; Meyers & Schwartz; Neal's Coffee Shoppe; Nelson Mendes; Portanova Trucking Co.; Portuguese Club; Ray's Hardware; Shore's Auto Parts; Steve's Tires; Stop & Shop; Triangle Services; Trowbridge Apts.; Valley Motor Trailer Sales; Valley Mobile Homes Park; Vieira Agency; Waterbury Pressed Metals; Town of Bethany; City of Waterbury; Capozziello Brothers; Town of Killingworth; Town of Beacon Falls; Naugatuck Y.M.C.A.; E. Eric Arsan Refuse; John Ashmore; Joseph Betkoski; Connecticut Pharmacare, Inc., doing business as Ford Pharmacy; First National Supermarkets, Inc.; P. Francini Company; Town of Hamden; Jetzon Tire Co.; City of Milford; NRS Carting Co., Inc.; Town of Orange; Peter Paul Cadbury; Town of Plymouth; Town of Seymour; Town of Stratford; Town of Watertown; Town of Westport, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided April 25, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter A. Appel, Washington, D.C. (David C. Shilton, Peter M. Flynn, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Lois J. Schiffer, Assistant Attorney General, Christopher F. Droney, United States Attorney, John B. Hughes, Assistant United States Attorney, New Haven, Connecticut; Daniel H. Winograd, Margery Adams, EPA Region I, Boston, Massachusetts, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellant United States.

Kenneth N. Tedford, Assistant Attorney General, Hartford, Connecticut (Richard Blumenthal, Attorney General, Robert D. Snook, Assistant Attorney General, State of Connecticut, Hartford, Connecticut, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellant State of Connecticut.

JOHN O'LEARY, Portland, Maine (Catherine R. Connors, David P. Littell, Pierce, Atwood, Scribner, Allen, Smith & Lancaster, Portland, Maine, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellant Members of the Laurel Park Coalition.

Nicholas J. Harding, West Hartford, Connecticut (Kosloff & Harding, West Hartford, Connecticut, of counsel), for Defendants-Appellees NRS Carting Company, Inc.; and Zollo Drum Company, Inc.

Robert D. Fox, John F. Gullace, Manko, Gold & Katcher, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, of counsel, filed a brief on behalf of Amicus Curiae National Solid Waste Management Association in support of petition for rehearing.

William G. Beck, Alok Ahuja, Lathrop & Gage L.C., Kansas City, Missouri, of counsel, filed a brief on behalf of Amicus Curiae Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc. in support of petition for rehearing.

Before: CARDAMONE, WALKER, and McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Following our November 1, 1996 decision in this case, B.F. Goodrich v. Betkoski, 99 F.3d 505 (2d Cir.1996), familiarity with which is assumed, defendants-appellees NRS Carting Co., Inc. and Zollo Drum Company, Inc. petitioned for rehearing with respect to our determination that federal common law governs the question of successor liability under CERCLA. Appellees suggest that our choice of federal common law to...

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