U.S. v. HERCULES, INC.

Nos. 99-3684, 99-3685, 00-1473.

247 F.3d 706 (2001)

UNITED STATES of America; Arkansas Department of Pollution Control and Ecology, Plaintiffs/Appellees, v. HERCULES, INC., Defendant/Appellant, Vertac Chemical Corporation; Department of Defense; Dow Chemical Corporation, Defendants, Uniroyal Chemical Limited, formerly known as Uniroyal Limited, Defendant/Appellee, Velsicol Chemical Corporation; John Does, 1-5, Defendants. Washington Legal Foundation; John Doull, Ph.D., M.D.; Karl K. Rozman, Ph.D.; William J. Waddell, M.D.; K. Roger Hornbrook, Ph.D.; Daniel M. Byrd, III, Ph.D., D.A.B.T.; Robert Golden, Ph.D.; B. Frank Vincent, Ph.D.; International Society of Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology; American Council on Science and Health; The Allied Educational Foundation; Frank B. Cross; Michael R. Fox, Ph.D.; Gary E. Marchant, Amici on behalf of Appellant. United States of America; Arkansas Department of Pollution Control and Ecology, Plaintiffs/Appellees, v. Hercules, Inc., Defendant/Appellee, Vertac Chemical Corporation; Department of Defense; Dow Chemical Corporation, Defendants, Uniroyal Chemical Limited, formerly known as Uniroyal Limited, Defendant/Appellant, Velsicol Chemical Corporation; John Does, 1-5, Defendants. Arkansas Department Of Pollution Control And Ecology, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. Vertac Chemical Corporation; Hercules, Inc., a Corporation, Defendants. Washington Legal Foundation; John Doull, Ph.D., M.D.; Karl K. Rozman, Ph.D.; William J. Waddell, M.D.; K. Roger Hornbrook, Ph.D.; Daniel M. Byrd, III, Ph.D., D.A.B.T.; Robert Golden, Ph.D.; B. Frank Vincent, Ph.D.; International Society of Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology; American Council on Science and Health; The Allied Educational Foundation; Frank B. Cross; Michael R. Fox, Ph.D.; Gary E. Marchant, Amici on behalf of Appellant, United States of America, Plaintiff/Appellee, Vertac Chemical Corporation, Defendant, Hercules, Inc., Defendant/Appellee, Dow Chemical Corporation, Defendant, Uniroyal Chemical Limited, formerly known as Uniroyal Limited, Defendant/Appellant. United States of America; Arkansas Department of Pollution Control and Ecology, Plaintiffs, Hercules, Inc., Defendant/Appellant, Vertac Chemical Corporation; Department of Defense; Dow Chemical Corporation, Defendants, Uniroyal Chemical Limited, formerly known as Uniroyal Limited, Defendant/Appellee, Velsicol Chemical Corporation; John Does, 1-5, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: April 10, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven W. Quattlebaum, argued, Little Rock, AR, for appellant Uniroyal.

W. Gordon Hamilin, argued, Atlanta, GA (Laurence H. Tribe, Jonathan S. Massey, Cambridge, MA, James K. Logan, Olathe, KS, on the brief) for appellant Hercules.

Jared A. Goldstein, argued, Washington, DC (Samuel D. Blesi, Paul Schaeffer, Greer S. Goldman, on the brief), for appellee.

Before WOLLMAN, Chief Judge, McMILLIAN, and BYE, Circuit Judges.


WOLLMAN, Chief Judge.

Hercules, Inc. (Hercules) and Uniroyal Chemical Co. (Uniroyal) raise various claims arising from a series of decisions made by the district court over the past decade finding them jointly and severally liable to the United States for environmental cleanup costs and allocating such costs between them pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601-9675 (1995 & Supp...

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