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GOODRICH CORP. v. TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY

Docket Nos. 01-6014, 01-6016, 01-6018.

311 F.3d 154 (2002)

GOODRICH CORP. (f/k/a B.F. Goodrich Co.), Crompton Manufacturing Co. (f/k/a Uniroyal Chemical Co., Inc.), Reynolds Metal Co. (f/k/a Reynolds Aluminum Building Products Co.), Naugatuck Glass Co., Naugatuck Treatment Co., Cadbury Beverages, Inc., Coltec Industries, Inc., B.P. Amoco (f/k/a Ken Chas Reserve Co.), Risdon Corp., Unisys Corp., and Kerite Co., Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees, v. TOWN OF MIDDLEBURY, Town of Hamden, Town of Orange, Town of Seymour, Town of Westport, City of New Haven, Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, Borough of Naugatuck, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: October 29, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Rosengren, Pepe & Hazard LLP, Hartford, CT, for Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees Goodrich Corp., Crompton Manufacturing Co., Inc. and Reynolds Metal Co.

Christopher P. McCormack, Tyler Cooper & Alcorn, LLP, New Haven, CT (Robert W. Allen, Robert B. Flynn, Timothy P. Jensen, Matthew A. Sokol, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellants Members of the Laurel Park Coalition.

Ann Catino, Halloran & Sage LLP, Hartford, Connecticut (Lori D. DiBella and John C. Huggins, Halloran & Sage LLP, Hartford Connecticut, and Nicholas J. Harding, Kosloff & Harding, West Hartford Connecticut, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants the Towns of Hamden, Middlebury, Orange, Seymour and Westport and the City of New Haven.

Kevin McSherry, McSherry Law Office, Naugatuck, CT, for Defendant-Appellee Borough of Naugatuck.

Before McLAUGHLIN, POOLER and B.D. PARKER, Circuit Judges.

McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge.

The shades of Jarndyce & Jarndyce stalk this litigation. Charles Dickens, Bleak House. For the third time in a decade, we enter the legal morass created by a half-century of dumping hazardous waste at two Connecticut landfills, named Beacon Heights and Laurel Park, respectively. This time around, we consider, among other things, to what extent several municipalities must contribute to response costs that two coalitions...

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