UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff/Appellee,
Arkansas Department of Pollution Control and Ecology, Plaintiff,
v.
VERTAC CHEMICAL CORPORATION, Defendant,
Hercules, Inc., Defendant/Appellant,
Inter-Ag Corporation; Department of Defense; Dow Chemical Corporation; Velsicol Chemical Corporation; John Does, 1-5; Chemtura Corporation, formerly known as Crompton Co., formerly known as CIE, formerly known as Uniroyal Chemical Limited, Defendants,
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.; American Council on Science and Health, Amici on behalf of Appellant.
United States of America, Plaintiff/Appellee,
Arkansas Department of Pollution Control and Ecology, Plaintiff,
v.
Vertac Chemical Corporation; Hercules, Inc.; Inter-Ag Corporation; Department of Defense; Dow Chemical Corporation; Velsicol Chemical Corporation; John Does, 1-5; Defendants,
Crompton Co./CIE, Defendant/Appellant.
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Submitted: March 13, 2006.
Filed: July 13, 2006.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
W. Gordon Hamlin, Jr., argued, Atlanta, GA (V. Robert Denham, Jr., Leah J. Knowlton, Tara P. Kinney, Atlanta, Laurence H. Tribe, Jonathan S. Massey, Cambridge, MA, N.M. Norton, Little Rock, AR, James K. Logan, Overland Park Kansas, on the brief), for appellant Hercules.
Steven W. Quattlebaum, arued, Little Rock, AR (E.B. Chiles IV and Joseph Falasco, Little Rock, on the brief), for appellant Crompton.
Robert H. Oakley, Dept. of Justice, argued, Washington, D.C. (Samuel D. Blesi, Paul Schaeffer, Greer S. Goldman of the Justice Dept., Washington, D.C., Sue Ellen Wooldridge, Assistant Attorney General, Erik Swenson, EPA, Washington D.C., James L. Turner, EPA, of Dallas, TX, on the brief), for appellee.
Before WOLLMAN, FAGG, and RILEY, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
Hercules, Inc. (Hercules) and Crompton Co./Cie (Uniroyal)1 raise constitutional claims and argue that the district court2 erred in assigning and apportioning liability for environmental cleanup costs pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601-0675, as amended by...
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