CENTERIOR SERVICE COMPANY; General Electric Company; Ashland Oil, Incorporated, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
ACME SCRAP IRON & METAL CORPORATION, et al., Defendants-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued January 27, 1998.
Decided August 31, 1998.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Robert Garrett Cohen, Kegler, Brown, Hill & Ritter, Columbus, OH, Jeffrey M. Karp (briefed), Thomas M. Downs (argued and briefed), Swidler & Berlin, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Jeffrey C. Conrad, Mia T. Lombardi (briefed), McDonald, Hopkins, Burke & Haber, Cleveland, OH, for Defendants-Appellees The Standard Oil Company, Ken Chas Reserve Company.
Louis E. Tosi (argued and briefed), Douglas G. Haynam (briefed), John C. Everhardus (briefed), Emily K. Cooper, Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, Toledo, OH, for Defendant-Appellee General Motors Corporation.
Myra L. Willis (briefed), Howard & Howard, Kalamazoo, MI, for Defendant-Appellee Chrysler Corporation.
Charles R. Schaller (briefed), Marian C. Hwang (briefed), Miles & Stockbridge, Baltimore, MD, for Defendant-Appellee Black & Decker, Inc.
James T. Millican (briefed), Bertsch, Millican & Winslow, Cleveland, OH, for Defendant-Appellee The Glidden Company.
Carter E. Strang (briefed), Henry E. Billingsley, II, Arter & Hadden, Cleveland, OH, for Defendant-Appellee Atlantic Richfield Co., et al.
Arthur I. Harris, Asst. U.S. Attorney, Office of U.S. Attorney, Cleveland, OH, Jeremy D. Heep (argued and briefed), U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources, Washington, DC, Ronald M. Spritzer, Mr., Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Administrator of National Aero and Space Administration.
James L. McCrystal, Jr. (briefed), Martindale, Brzytwa & Quick, Cleveland, OH, for Defendant-Appellee Pepsico, Inc.
Gary W. Johnson (briefed), Weston, Hurd, Fallon, Paisley & Howley, Cleveland, OH, for Defendants-Appellees United Parcel Service, Ohio Broach and Machine Company.
William E. Coughlin (briefed), David J. Carney, Robert J. Bonko, Calfee, Halter & Griswold, Cleveland, OH, for Defendants-Appellees Union Carbide Corp., Best Sand Corporation.
Steven F. Faeth (briefed), Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott, Pittsburgh, PA, for Defendant-Appellee Westinghouse Electric Corporation.
Charles J. Cochran, Jr. (briefed), Casalinova & Cochran, Fairlawn, OH, for Defendant-Appellee Holland Oil Company.
Pamela N. Hultin, McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal & Haiman, Cleveland, OH, for Defendant-Appellee Garfield Heights Coachlines.
Jack A. Van Kley, John W. Edwards, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Columbus, OH, for Defendants-Appellees East Ohio Gas Company and Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc.
John L. Shailer, Columbia Gas Distribution Companies, Columbus, OH, for Defendant-Appellee Columbia Gas of Ohio, Inc.
Mary M. Bittence, Baker & Hostetler, Cleveland, OH, for Defendants-Appellees Shell Oil Company, The Lincoln Electric Company.
Before: JONES, DAUGHTREY, and COLE, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
OPINION
NATHANIEL R. JONES, Circuit Judge.
The issue confronting this court on interlocutory appeal is whether a party who is itself potentially responsible for the response costs of a hazardous waste cleanup under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601-9675 ("CERCLA"), is permitted to bring a joint and several cost recovery action against other potentially responsible parties ("PRPs") under...
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