BOEING CO. v. CASCADE CORP.

Nos. 96-35246, 96-35304.

207 F.3d 1177 (2000)

BOEING COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, v. CASCADE CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 24, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Bunch (briefed) and George W. McKallip Jr. (briefed and argued), Kennedy, King & Zimmer, Portland, Oregon, for defendant-appellant-cross-appellee Cascade Corporation.

David A. Bledsoe (briefed), Paul T. Fortino (briefed), and Mark W. Schneider (argued), Perkins, Coie, Portland, Oregon, for plaintiff-appellee-cross-appellant The Boeing Company.

Before: KLEINFELD and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges, and SCHWARZER, District Judge.


KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge:

This case involves an action for contribution under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). The Boeing Company and Cascade Corporation contaminated porous soil, called an aquifer. The contamination overlapped. Both companies spent a great deal of money investigating and beginning the cleaning. The issue in this case is how their respective expenses ought to be allocated in a contribution action...

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