SHELL OIL COMPANY, Union Oil Company, Appellants/Cross Appellees, (Defendants Below),
v.
Richard and Kim MEYER, Gary and Bridget McDaniel, Jim and Terri McDonald, Dan and Vivian McDaniel, Alvin and Verna Mae Casad and Helena Byers, Appellee/Cross Appellants (Plaintiffs Below).
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December 30, 1998.
Rehearing Denied April 16, 1999.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Karl L. Mulvaney, Nana Quay-Smith, Larry J. Kane, Phil L. Isenbarger, Bingham Summers Welsh & Spilman, James A. Knauer, Gregory P. Cafouros, Marcia E. Roan, Kroger, Gardis & Regas, Indianapolis, Indiana, Attorneys for Appellants.
Robert S. Bassman, Alphonse M. Alfano, G. William Frick, M. Elizabeth Cox, Thomas Sayre Llewellyn, American Petroleum Institute, Indiana Oil Marketers Association, Washington, DC, Frank C. Capozza, American Petroleum Institute, Indiana Oil Marketers Association, Lewis E. Willis, Jr., Indiana Oil Marketers Association, Indianapolis, Indiana, Attorneys for Amici Curiae.
Randall Vonderheide, Steven R. Knecht, Lafayette, Indiana, Robert M. Baker III, Thomas A. Barnard, Melina Maniatis Kennedy, Peter M. Racher, Jeffrey D. Featherstun, Thomas A. John, Indianapolis, Indiana, Attorneys for Appellees.
Jeffrey A. Modisett, Attorney General of Indiana, Jon Laramore, Indianapolis, Indiana, Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General of Iowa, Dean A. Lerner, Des Moines, Iowa, Winston Bryant, Attorney General of Arkansas, Little Rock, Arkansas, M. Jane Brady, Delaware Attorney General, Wilmington, Delaware, Grant Woods, Attorney General of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona, Peter Lehner, Erik Olson, William E. Dornbos, Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., New York, New York, Dimitri G. Daskal, National Coalition of Petroleum Retailers, Annapolis, Maryland, Mark R. Waterfill, National Coalition of Petroleum Retailers, Eric L. Mayer, Max Goodwin, Hoosier Environmental Council, Sue A. Beesley, Sheila M. O'Bryan, City of Indianapolis, Jane A. Seigel, Indiana Association of Cities and Towns, Indianapolis, Indiana, Frank Shafroth, National League of Cities, Washington, DC, Peter Gunst, Service Station Dealers of America, Baltimore, Maryland, Gus F. Diaz, Acting Attorney General of Guam, Agana, Guam, Margery S. Bronster, Attorney General of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, Hubert H. Humphrey III, Attorney General of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, Dennis C. Vacco, Attorney General of New York, Albany, New York, William H. Sorrell, Attorney General of Vermont, Montpelier, Vermont, James E. Ryan, Attorney General of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, Tom Udall, New Mexico Attorney General, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Jan Graham, Utah Attorney General, Salt Lake City, Utah, Richard Blumenthal, Attorney General of Connecticut, Hartford, Connecticut, Attorneys for Amici Curiae.
Supreme Court of Indiana.
ON PETITION TO TRANSFER
BOEHM, Justice.
This case deals with the liability of refiners under Indiana's Underground Storage Tank Act (the "Act") for costs of corrective actions for leaks in tanks at retail gasoline stations owned by independent retailers. Specifically the principal issue presented is under what circumstances a major oil company is an "operator...
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