KALAMAZOO RIVER STUDY GROUP v. MENASHA CORP.

No. 99-1197.

228 F.3d 648 (2000)

KALAMAZOO RIVER STUDY GROUP, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MENASHA CORPORATION; Eaton Corporation, Defendants-Appellees, Rockwell International Corporation, et al., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: October 5, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan C. Bennett (briefed), Law, Weathers & Richardson, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Jerome T. Wolf (argued and briefed), James L. Moeller (briefed), Amy E. Bauman (briefed), David S. Ladwig (briefed), Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, Kansas City, Missouri, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Joseph C. Basta (argued), Dykema Gossett, Detroit, Michigan, for Defendant.

Kathryn J. Humphrey (briefed), Joseph C. Basta, Nicholas G. Zotos, Dykema Gossett, Detroit, Michigan, Scott D. Broekstra, Dykema Gossett, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Defendant-Appellee Eaton Corp.

Richard A. Glaser (argued), James G. O'Connor (briefed), Dickinson Wright, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Defendant-Appellee Menaska Corp.

R. Justin Smith (briefed), United States Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae.

Before: JONES, MOORE, and GILMAN, Circuit Judges.


MOORE, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Kalamazoo River Study Group ("KRSG") is an unincorporated association of paper manufacturers seeking to recover costs incurred in the investigation and remediation of contamination by polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the Kalamazoo River. KRSG brought suit against eight corporate defendants, including defendants-appellees Menasha Corporation and Eaton Corporation, pursuant to the contribution provision of the Comprehensive...

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