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WESTERN PROPERTIES SERVICE CORP. v. SHELL OIL CO.

No. 01-55676.

358 F.3d 678 (2004)

WESTERN PROPERTIES SERVICE CORPORATION, an Arizona corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SHELL OIL COMPANY, a Delaware corporation; Union Oil Company, a California corporation; Texaco, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Atlantic Richfield Company, a Delaware corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed February 13, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter R. Taft, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for the appellants.

Jaclyn C. Taner, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Washington, DC, for the appellee.

Before Andrew J. KLEINFELD and Susan P. GRABER, Circuit Judges, and Susan R. BOLTON, District Judge.

Argued and Submitted May 8, 2002 — Pasadena, California.

Opinion by Judge Kleinfeld.

OPINION

KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge:

This is a CERCLA contribution case.1 The appellants were found to have arranged, during the early years of World War II, for the disposal of wastes from aviation fuel production.

FACTS

The property at issue, near Corona, in Riverside County, California, was once a ranch...

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