CARSON HARBOR VILLAGE, LTD. v. UNOCAL CORP.

Nos. 98-55056, 98-55107, 98-55210, 98-55213, 98-55215 and 98-55422.

270 F.3d 863 (2001)

CARSON HARBOR VILLAGE, LTD., a limited partnership dba Carson Harbor Village Mobilhome Park, Plaintiff-counter-defendant-Appellant, v. UNOCAL CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation, Defendant-cross-defendant, and City of Carson, Defendant-cross-defendant-cross-claimant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 14, 2000.

Rehearing Granted and Opinion Withdrawn February 13, 2001.

Argued and Submitted June 19, 2001.

Filed October 24, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Gooch III (argued), Gilchrist & Rutter, Santa Monica, California, and Christopher M. Amantea (argued), McDermott, Will & Emery, Los Angeles, California, for plaintiff-appellant Carson Harbor Village, Ltd.

Lisa Bond (argued), Richards, Watson & Gershon, Los Angeles, California, for defendant-appellee City of Carson.

Thomas C. Sites, Gallagher & Gallagher, Los Angeles, California, for defendant-appellee City of Compton.

Charles A. Jordan, Holley & Galen, Los Angeles, California, and Richard C. Jacobs, Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin, San Francisco, California, for defendant-appellee Unocal Corporation.

Walter J. Lipsman (argued), Douglas J. Collodel, and Richard H. Nakamura, Jr., Morris, Polich & Purdy, LLP, Los Angeles, California, for defendants-appellees Carson Harbor Village Mobile Home Park, Richard G. Braley, and Walker Smith, Jr.

Gary E. Yardumian, Kristin E.D. Dunn, and Jack C. Nick, Prindle, Decker & Amaro, Long Beach, California, for defendant-appellee County of Los Angeles.

Robert H. Oakley (argued), United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae The United States of America.

Before: MARY M. SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, and PROCTER HUG, JR., BETTY B. FLETCHER, HARRY PREGERSON, ALEX KOZINSKI, THOMAS G. NELSON, MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, M. MARGARET McKEOWN, RICHARD A. PAEZ, MARSHA S. BERZON, and RICHARD C. TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.


Argued and Submitted September 13, 1999 — Pasadena, California.

Rehearing En Banc Granted and Opinion Withdrawn February 13, 2001.

Argued and Submitted June 19, 2001 — San Francisco, California.

Opinion by Judge McKEOWN; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge BETTY B. FLETCHER

McKEOWN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal stems from the environmental cleanup of a contaminated wetlands site used originally for petroleum...

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