GOULD INC. v. A & M BATTERY & TIRE SERV.

No. 99-3294.

232 F.3d 162 (2000)

Gould Inc. v. A & M Battery & Tire Service; Albert Nivert & Co.; Alexandria Scrap Corporation; Ben Weitsman & Son, Inc. of Oswego, Ny; All State Metal Company; American Scrap Co.; Amsource (Penn Iron & Metal); B. Millens & Sons, Inc.; Barney Snyder, Inc.; Bristol Metal Co., Inc.; Brock's Scrap & Salvage; Brookfield Auto Wreckers, Inc.; Brookfield Metal Co.; Buffered Junk Co.; Capitol Iron & Steel Co., Inc.; Capitol Scrap Iron & Metals; Charles Bluestone Co., Inc.; Claremont Metal & Paper Stock; Clinton Metal Co.; Commercial Iron & Metal Co.; Conservit, Inc.; Cooper Metallurgical Corp.; Cousins Metal; Crestwood Metal Corp.; Davis Bros. Scrap Co., Inc.; Davis Industries; Elman Recycling Co.; Empire Recycling Corp.; Exeter Metals Co.; F. Schanerman; Fairfield Scrap Co.; Frederick Junk Co.; Fulton Iron & Steel Co.; Garbose Metal; Gelb & Co., Inc.; Giordano Waste Material Co., in its own capacity and as the successor to Halpern Metals Company; Greenblott Metal Co., Inc.; Gutterman Iron & Metal Corp.; H. & D. Metal Co.; H. Shakespeare & Sons, Inc.; Harry Goldberg & Sons; Hurwitz Bros. Iron & Metal Co.; I. Shulman & Son Co., Inc.; I. Solomon Metal Co., Inc.; Independent Iron & Met al; Interstate Burlap & Bag Co.; Ithaca Scrap Processors; J & J Metals, Inc.; J. Broomfield & Son, Inc.; J. Sepenuk & Sons, Inc.; James Burrows Company, Inc.; Joe Krentzman & Sons; Joseph Freedman Co., Inc.; Josh Steel Co.; Kelleher Battery; Klein Metal Co., Inc.; Klionsky Scrap Iron & Metal Co.; Lake Erie Recycling; Larami Metal Co.; Liberty Iron & Metal Co., Inc.; Louis Cohen & Son, Inc.; Louis Kutz & Son; Lyell Metal; M. Hartman, Co.; Marley's Division of Abe Cooper, Liverpool, Ny; Maxnor Meta/M. Schipper & Son; Meyer-Saba Metal, Co.; Mid-City Scrap Iron & Salvage, Co., Inc.; Modern Junk & Salvage, Co.; Montgomery Iron & Metal Co.; Morgan Highway Auto Parts; Newburgh Scrap Co.; Olean Steel Sales & Service; P. Jacobson, Inc.; P. K. Scrap Metal Co.; Pascap Co., Inc.; Penn Harris Metals Corp.; Penn Jersey Rubber & Waste Co.; R & R Salvage Inc.; R. L. Poeth Scrapyard; Riegel Scrap & Salvage; Roth Brothers Smelting Corp.; Roth Steel Corporation; S & J Generators & Starter Co.; S. Kasowitz & Sons, Inc.; Sam Kaufman & Son Metals Co.; Segal & Sons, Inc.; Square Deal Metal Recycling; State Line Scrap Co., Inc.; Suisman & Blumenthal; Timpson Salvage Co.; Twin Cities Waste & Metal; United Metal Traders, Inc.; V. Vaccaro Scrap Co.; WAldorf Metal Co.; Wallace Steel, Inc.; Weiner Brokerage Corp.; Weiner Iron & Metal Corp.; Weinstein & Co.; William F. Sullivan & Co.; Wimco Metals, Inc.; Joint Defense Group; Pettineli Used Auto Parts; De Micromis Group; Marjol Site Retailers' Joint Defense Group; Micro Group; White & Williams Defense Group; Marjol Site De Minimus Scrapdealers Group; Marjol Site Prp Group; Exxon, Inc.; Bodow Recycling Co.; Kassab Brothers Steel; Charles Meyer & Son; Allan Industries; Attonito Recycling Corporation; Crash's Auto Parts & Auto Sales/Cap Surplus Scrap Metal; Charles Effron; Chauncey Scrap Metals; Coatsville Scrap; H. Bixon & Sons Scrap & Metal; Davis Industries of Arlington, Va; Frank H. Nott, Inc.; G. Carlomango, Inc.; George Mars Mkm Builders; Hudson Scrap Co.; Jacobson Metal Co.; Enos Metals; Kreiger Waste; Fiegleman Recycling Co.; Louis Mack & Co. Scrap Metal; Lukens Metal Co.; M & Mscrap Metal Co.; M. Levenson Co., Inc.; Marson Metals, Inc.; N. Bantivolglio Sons Paper & Met Als, Inc.; Norwitz, Inc.; P. Lewis & Sons; Patchogue Sheet Metal Shop; Richardson Graphics; Bladensburg/River Road Metals Co.; St. Mary's Iron & Steel Corp.; Zuckerman Scrap Co., Inc.; Kearney Scrap Co.; Marley's Division of Abe Cooper; Riverside Iron & Steel Corp.; A. Allan Industries, Inc., t/a Allan Industries; A. Shapiro & Sons; Abe Cooper Syracuse; Abe Cooper-Watertown Corp.; Abe E. Nathan & Sons; Abe N. Solomon, Inc.; Academy Iron & Metal Co.; Acme Metals & Recycling, Inc.; Action Metal Company, Inc.; Advance Auto Stores; American Bag & Metal Co., Inc.; American Scrap & W Aste Removal Co.; American Scrap Processing, Inc., d/b/a Riverside Iron & Steel; Annadale Scrap Company; Anne Pirchesky, former shareholder of Eric's Iron & Steel Corp., a dissolved corporation f/d/b/a Riverside Iron & Steel Corp.; Archbald Wrecking Co.; Atlantic Battery Corporation; B. Zeff Company, Inc.; N. Bantivolglio Metals, Inc., renamed as Bantivoglio Metal Company a/k/a Bantivolgio Metals and f/k/a N. Bantivoglio's Sons, Inc.; Beaver Smelting and Refining Corp.; Bladensburg River Road Metals Company, Inc.; Cambridge Iron and Metal Co., Inc.; Capitol Scrapyard; Cash Automotive Parts; Chapin & Fagin Division of Gcf Inc.; Charles Meyers & Sons; Chauncey Metal Processors, Inc.; Climax Manufacturing Company, a/k/a Spevak's Waste Material Company; Coatesville Scrap Iron & Metal Co., Inc.; Colonial Metals; Continental Metals Corporation; Cropsey Scrap Iron and Metal; D. Katz & Sons, Inc.; Daniels & Miller, Inc.; Decker Brothers, Inc.; Denaples Auto Parts; Denver Construction Corp., f/d/b/a Lukens Metal Co.; Douglas Battery Mfg., Inc.; E. Effron & Son; Eisner Brothers; Eric's Iron & Steel Corporation, f/k/a Riverside Iron & Steel Corp; Eric Pirchesky, former shareholder of Eric's Iron & Steel Corp., a dissolved corporation f/d/b/a Riverside Ir on & Steel Corp.; Francis White Scrap Iron & Metal; Glick Iron & Metal Co., Inc.; G. Carlomagno Scrap; G.M. Honkus & Sons, Inc.; General Battery Corp.; General Met Als & Smelting Co.; George Moss; Harry Kaufman; Gordon Steel Co.; Gordon Waste Co.; H&B Metal Co., Inc.; Harold Strauss, in his own capacity and as distributee of the assets of Denver Construction Corporation f/d/b/a Lukens Metal Co.; Harry's Scrapyard; Hudson Scrap Metal, Inc.; I. Kramer and Sons, Inc.; I. Richmond & Company, Inc.; Industrial & Mill Suppliers, Inc.; Irving Rubber & Metal Company; J.C. Penney Company, Inc.; Jacob Sher, f/d/b/a Hudson Scrap; Jem Metal, Inc.; Julian C. Cohen Salvage Co.; K Mar T Corp.; Kasmar Metals, Inc.; Kassab Bros.; Kearny Scrap Co.; Kreiger Waste Paper Co.; Lancaster Battery Co., Inc.; Lancaster Iron & Metal Co., Inc., a former division of Lancaster Steel Co., Inc.; Levene's Son, Inc.; Levine's Iron & Metal, Inc.; Lewis Raphaelson & Son, Inc.; Loni-Jo Metals, f/t/a Attonito Recycling Corporation; Louis Fiegleman & Co.; Louis Levin & Co., Inc.; Louis Mack Co., Inc.; Lukens Metal Corp., d/b/a Lukens Metal Co.; M&M Scrap Corporation; M&P Scrap Iron & Met al Corp.; M.C. Canfield Sons, f/k/a and f/t/a Lukens Metal Corp.; M.H. Brenner's Inc.; M. Burnstein and Company, Inc.; M. Rosenberg & Son, Inc.; M. Wilder & Son, Incorporated; Metal Bank of America; Nolts Auto Parts, Nolt's Factory Warehouse; Norfolk Recycling Corporation; Northeast Industrial Batteries, Inc.; Nott Enterprises, Inc., f/k/a Frank H. Nott, Inc.; Novey Metal Co.; Pavonia Scrap Iron & Metal Company, Inc.; Peddlers Junk Co.; Perlman & Sons; Philip Lewis & Sons; River Road Products, Inc.; Rosen Brothers; S. Klein Metals Co., Inc.; S. Rome & Co., Inc.; S.E.L. Metal Corpora Tion; St. Mary's Auto Wreckers; Samuel Gordon & Sons, Inc.; Schiavone & Son, Inc.; renamed as Schiavone Corp.; Schilberg Intergrated Metals, Inc., f/d/b/a Schilberg Iron & Metal Co., Inc.; Seaboard Salvage; Sitkin Metal Trading, Inc.; Stikin Smelting & Refining, Inc.; Smith Iron & Metal Co.; Sola Metal; Sone' Alloys, Inc., d/b/a Enos Metals; Stager Wrecking Co.; Staiman Industries, Inc.; Syracuse Materials Recovery Corp.; Ted Schween; Teplitz's Middletown Scrap, f/t/a Middletown Scrap Iron, Inc.; the Best Ba Ttery Company, Inc.; Towanda Iron & Metal, Inc.; Union Corporation, f/t/a Jacobson Metal Co.; United Holding Co., Inc., a/k/a United Iron & Metal Company, Inc.; United Scrap Iron & Metal Co.; Usa; Universal Waste, Inc.; Vincent A. P Ace Scrap Metals; Virginia Iron & Metal Company, Inc., renamed as Virginia Ir on & Metal Company of Portsmouth, Inc.; Virginia Scrap Iron & Metal Co., Inc.; William R. Sullenberger Co.; Wilson Battery Company, renamed as Wilson Battery & Oil Company; Wm. Port's Sons, Inc.; Zuckerman Company, Inc.; Zuckerman Steel Company, Inc.; Meadville Metal Company; S. Kaplan & Sons; Batavia Waste Material Co., Inc.; Battery Marketing Corporation (Bmc); Bridgeport Auto Parts, Inc. f/d/b/a Great Lakes Ba Ttery; Buff & Buff, Inc.; Cal's Auto Service, Inc.; Chemung Supply Corp., d/b/a Otsego Iron & Metal; Chevron Corporation, f/t/a Gulf Tire & Supply Co.; Chidnese Scrap Metal; Corning Materials, Inc.; Exide Corp., f/t/a Bay State Battery and Mid-Atlantic Distributors; the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, f/t/a Ameron Auto Centers; Hodes Industries, Inc.; J. Sax & Co.; John Brunses & Son; Kovalchick Salvage Co.; Max Brock Co., Inc.; Michigan Lead Battery Co.; Morris J. Radov, f/d/b/a Meadville Waste Company; N. Bantivolglio's Sons, Inc., a/k/a Bantivolglio Investment Co.; New Castle Junk; Pettinelli Iron & Metal; Quality Stores, Inc., d/b/a Quality Far m & Fleet; Sam Kassab; Shell Oil Co., Inc.; Textron, Inc.; Universal Cooperatives, Inc.; Western Auto Supply Co.; Wm. Kugler & Bros., Inc., Worcester Metal & Battery; Yates Battery Co.; Federal Government Group; the Fiegleman Group; Naporano Iron & Metal Co.; Philip May Co. v. Modern Junk & Salvage Co.; Alexandria Scrap Corporation; Bristol Metal Co., Inc., Hudson Scrap Metal, Inc.; Jacob Sher; Bladensburg River Road Metals Company, Inc.; Joint Defense Group; Wimco Metals, Inc., Third Party Plaintiffs v. Phillip A. Weinstein; Estate of Joseph Weinstein; Lawrence Fiegleman; UNITED STATES Air Force; UNITED STATES Department of the Navy; Department of Defense; UNITED STATES Department of the Army; Richard B. Cheney (in his capacity as Secretary of Defense); H. La Wrence Garrett, III (in his capacity as Secr etary of the Navy); Donald B. Rice (in his capacity as Secretary of the Air Force); Michael P.W. Stone (in his capacity as Secretary of the Army); Defense Reutiliza Tion and Arketing Service; John Stewart, Colonel (in his capacity as the Director of the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service); United States Defense Logistics Agency; Charles Mcclausand, General (in his capacity as head of the Defense Logistics Agency); Ray Atkinson; Buff & Buff, Inc.; Burlington Waste & Metal; Capitol Bag & Waste Co., Inc.; Capitol Scrap Metal Co.; Ray Cardamone; R. Cohen & Son of Glens Falls, Inc.; Robert Davis; Easco Warehouse; Ferro Scrap Iron & Metal, Inc.; I. Figelman & Son; S. Garbowitz & Son, Inc.; Arnold Growick; Nathan H. Kelman, Inc.; Nathan's Waste & Paper Stock Co., Inc.; New York Telephone Company; Ontario Scrap Metal Inc.; Louis Perlman & Sons, Inc.; T.A. Predel & Co., Inc.; Sam T. Rosen, Inc., for merly known as Otsego Iron & Metal Corporation; Valley Steel, Inc.; William Ansett Waste Co., Inc.; Zeke's Enterprises; Larry Teitel; Tfcfinancial Corporation; John Doe; Jane Doe; Lawrence Fiegleman; Joseph Fiegleman; Marc A. Robin; Anthony Bonadio; John Deleo; Joseph Straub; Robert Mcandrew; William Sullenberger; M.N. Adelson & Sons, Inc.; M. Berkowitz & Company, Inc.; George Berman & Son, Inc.; James Burrows Company; Peter Claim; P.J. Greco & Son, Inc.; Joe's Junk Company; Meadville Metal Comp Any; Menzock Scrap Company; Miller Root & Fur Company; Bernard Pirchesky; Oscar Platt; Max Silver & Sons; Barney Snyder of Ohio, Inc., Third Party Defendants American Scrap Company; Lake Erie Recycling; Alexandria Scrap Corporation; R&R Salvage, Inc., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed October 31, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald B. Mitchell, Jr., Esq. (Argued) Rachel G. Lattimore, Esq. Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn 1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20036-5339, Attorneys for Appellants.

Dennis R. Suplee, Esq. (Argued) Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis 1600 Market Street, Suite 3600 Philadelphia, PA 19103 John M. Armstrong, Esq. Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis 220 Lake Drive East, Suite 200 Cherry Hill, N.J. 08002-1165, Attorneys for Appellee.

BEFORE: SLOVITER, NYGAARD, and FUENTES, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

NYGAARD, Circuit Judge.

This case arises from a contribution action initiated by appellee, Gould, Inc., under S 113 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. S 9613. Appellants, Alexandria Scrap Corporation, R&R Salvage Company, Lake Erie Recycling, and American Scrap Company, appeal from several District Court orders in favor of Gould. Although appellants denied liability on several bases...

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