MORTON INTERN., INC. v. A.E. STALEY MFG. CO.

Nos. 96-3609 KSH, 96-3610 KSH.

106 F.Supp.2d 737 (2000)

MORTON INTERNATIONAL, INCORPORATED v. A.E. STALEY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, et al. Velsicol Chemical Corporation, et al. v. A.E. Staley Manufacturing Company, et al.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

July 19, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel Moulthrop, Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti, LLP, Morristown, NJ, for Morton International, Inc.

Lorraine Teleky-Petrella, Hackensack, NJ, for Velsicol Chemical Corp., NWI Land Management Co., Fruit of the Loom, Inc.

John Ralph Holsinger, Beattie Padovano, Montvale, NJ, for A.E. Staley Mfg. Co.

Michael L. Rodburg, Lowenstein Sandler PC, Roseland, NJ, for AIRCO Indust. Gases, Allied Chemical Corp., CIBA-Geigy Corp., Becton-Dickinson & Co., Inc., E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Co., Inc., Garfield Baring Corp., Union Carbide Corp., Allied-Signal, Inc.

Michael L. Rodburg, Lowenstein Sandler PC, Roseland, NJ, for Michael Rodburg, Defendants Liaison Counsel.

Denise D. Pursley, Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle, Garden City, NJ, Bobbie Anne Flower, Nixon Peabody LLP, Garden City, NJ, for Belmont Metals, Inc.

Pamela R. Esterman, Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C., New York City, for Crouse-Hinds Sepco Corp., Wagner Elec. Co.

Nan Astrid Bernardo, Shanley & Fisher, P.C., Morristown, NJ, for Crown Zellerbach Corp., Day & Baldwin.

Rosalind M. Dendellen, Rosalind M. Kendellen, Zucker, goldberg, Becker & Ackerman, Mountainside, NJ, for Dura Elec. Lamp Co., Inc.

Robert Gordon Rose, Pitney, Hardin, Kipp & Szuch, Morristown, NJ, for Duracell, Inc.

Jane Kozinski, Saul, Ewing, Remick & Saul, Princeton, NJ, for Eastern Smelting & Refining.

John H. Klock, Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione, PC, Newark, NJ, for Henkel Corp.

Michael Kevin Mullen, Schenck, Price, Smith & King, Morristown, NJ, for Inmar Associates, Inc., Marvin H. Mahan.

Lynn Wright, Edwards Angell, LLP, Short Hills, NJ, for J.M. Ney Co.

Mark L. Manewitz, Grotta Glassman & Hoffman, P.A., Roseland, NJ, for Koppers.

Paul John Casteleiro, Hoboken, NJ, for Magnesium Elektron, Inc.

Harry M. Baumgartner, Shanley & Fisher, Morristown, NJ, for Marisol, Inc.

Russell Lyle Hewit, Dughi & Hewit, PC, Marlton, NJ, for Merck & Co., Inc.

Timothy Ignatius Duffy, McElroy, Deutsch & Mulvaney, Morristown, NJ, National Lead Co., Goldsmith Brothers Div.

Mark L. Czyz, Mttson & Madden, Newark, NJ, John H. Klock, Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione, PC, Newark, NJ, for Occidental Chemical Corp.

John J. Delany, III, Voorhees, NJ, for Phillips & Jacobs, Inc.

Hugh J. Mahoney, Newark, NJ, for Public Service Elec. & Gas.

Bruce R. Rosenberg, Winne, Banta, Rizzi, Hetherington & Basralian, P.C., Hackensack, NJ, for Randolph Products Co.

Laura Farina, Law Offices of Laura Farina, Princeton, NJ, Karen A. Mignone, McGovern Noel & Benik, Inc., Milburn NJ, for Ray-O-Vac Div. of ESB.

Steven Richman, Gallagher, Brody & Butler, Princeton, NJ, for Redland Minerals Ltd.

Dante J. Romanini, Kozlov, Seaton, Romanini, Brooks & Greenberg, PC, Cherry Hill, NJ, for Scientific Chemical Processing, Inc., Scientific Chemical Treatment Co., Inc., Scientific, Inc., Transtech Industries, Inc.

Christine G. Mooney, Manko, Gold & Katcher, Bala Cynwyd, PA, for Sylvania/GTE.

David Joseph D'Aloia, Saiber Schlesinger Satz & Goldstein, Newark, NJ, for Tenneco, Inc.

Gerold C. Thompson, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Div., Washington, DC, for Jerold C. Thompson.

George Van Cleve, Washington, DC, pro se.

David Paul Schneider, Bressler, Amery & Ross, PC, Florham Park, NJ, for BASF Corp.

Kenneth Howard Mack, Fox, Rothschild, O'Brien & Frankel, LLP, Lawrenceville, NJ, for FMC Corp.


LETTER-OPINION AND ORDER

HEDGES, United States Magistrate Judge.

Dear Counsel:

INTRODUCTION

This matter comes before me on the motion of Becton-Dickinson and Company, Inc., E.I. duPont de Nemours & Co., Inc., Garfield Refining Company, Inc., Union Carbide Corporation, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, the Connecticut Light and Power Company, Belmont Metals, Inc., Duracell, Inc., J.M. Ney Company, Merck & Co., Inc., and PSE & G...

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