U.S. v. DAVIS

Nos. 00-1234, 00-1342, 00-1343, 00-1344, 00-1345 and 00-1399 to 00-1400, 00-1401, 00-1402, 00-1403, 00-1404.

261 F.3d 1 (2001)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. William M. DAVIS, et al., Defendant, Appellee. Ashland, Inc., et al., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 17, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Denis V. Brenan for appellant Ashland, with whom Neal J. McNamara and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP were on the brief; Gerald J. Petros for appellants Acco Bristol and Gar Electroforming Division, with whom Christopher R. Bush, Charles D. Blackman, and Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP were on the brief; Gregory L. Benik and Robin L. Main for appellants Morton International, Inc. and Perkin-Elmer Corporation, with whom Karen A. Mignone and McGovern Noel & Benik, Inc. were on the brief.

Robert E. Maher, attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, for appellee United States, with whom Joan M. Pepin, Susan M. Akers, Scott D. Bauer, attorneys, U.S. Department of Justice, and Lois J. Schiffer, Assistant Attorney General, were on the brief.

R. Bradford Fawley for appellee United Technologies Corporation, with whom Bruce C. Palmer, Robert A. Miller, and Downs Rachlin & Martin were on the brief; Alok Ahuja for appellees BFI Waste Systems of North America, Inc., Michael A. Macera, Robert A. Cece, and Macera Brothers Container Service, Inc., with whom Harold I. Kessler, Friedman & Kessler, William G. Beck, and Lathrop & Gage, L.C., were on the brief; Craig M. Scott for appellee City of New Jersey, with whom Duffy & Sweeney, LTD was on the brief; Mark T. Reynolds for appellee Electroformers, Inc., with whom Boyer, Reynolds & Demarco, LTD was on the brief.

Mark O. Denehy, Joseph Avanzato, Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C., on brief, for appellees BASF Corporation, CNA Holdings, Inc., Dorr-Oliver Incorporated; Englehard Corporation, Johnson & Johnson, Lucent Technologies, Inc., Mine Safety Appliances Company, Ortho Diagnostics Systems, Inc., Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation, Permacel, Inc., Quantum, Inc., and Warner-Lambert Company.

Before LIPEZ, Circuit Judge, ZOBEL and WOODLOCK, District Judges.


LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Table of Contents

          I  Background ................................................... 15
         II  The Consent Decrees .......................................... 19
             A.  Background ............................................... 19
                 1. Consent Decree I ...................................... 19
                 2. Consent Decrees II, III, IV, and...

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