UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
W.R. GRACE; Alan R. Stringer; Henry A. Eschenbach; Jack W. Wolter; J. McCaig; Robert J. Bettacchi; O. Mario Favorito; Robert C. Walsh, Defendants-Appellees.
United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
W.R. Grace; Alan R. Stringer; Henry A. Eschenbach; Jack W. Wolter; William McCaig; Robert J. Bettacchi; O. Mario Favorito; Robert C. Walsh, Defendants-Appellees.
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Argued and Submitted June 4, 2007.
Filed September 20, 2007.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Todd S. Aagaard, Dept. of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC, and Kris A. McLean, Assistant United States Attorney, Missoula, MT, argued for the government. With them on the briefs were Sue Ellen Wooldridge, Assistant Attorney General; William W. Mercer, United States Attorney; Eric E. Nelson, Linda Kato, Special Assistant United States Attorneys; Kevin M. Cassidy, and Allen M. Brabender, Attorneys, United States Dept. of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division.
Christopher Landau, Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee W.R. Grace & Co. With him on the brief were Laurence A. Urgenson, Tyler D. Mace, Michael D. Shumsky, Washington, DC; Stephen R. Brown, Charles E. McNeil, Kathleen L. DeSoto, Missoula, MT, for defendant-appellee W.R. Grace & Co.; Angelo J. Calfo, Seattle, Washington; Michael F. Bailey, Missoula, MT, for defendant-appellee Alan R. Stringer; Ronald F. Waterman, Helena, MT; David S. Krakoff, Gary A. Winters, Washington, DC, for defendant-appellee Henry A. Eschenbach; Mike Milodragovich, W. Adam Duerk, Missoula, MT; Mark Holscher, Jeremy Maltby, Los Angeles, CA, for defendant-appellee Jack W. Wolter; Palmer Hoovestal, Helena, MT, Elizabeth Van Doren Gray, Columbia, SC, William A. Coates, Greenville, SC, for defendant-appellee William J. McCaig; Brian Gallik, Bozeman, MT, Thomas C. Frongillo, Boston, MA, Vernon S. Broderick, New York, NY, for defendant-appellee Robert J. Bettacchi; C.J. Johnson, Missoula, MT, Stephen A. Jonas, Robert Keefe, Boston, MA, for defendant-appellee O. Mario Favorito; Catherine A. Laughner, Aimee M. Grmoljez, Helena, MT, Stephen R. Spivack, Washington, DC, David E. Roth, Birmingham, AL, for defendant-appellee Robert C. Walsh.
Before: B. FLETCHER, HARRY PREGERSON, and WARREN J. FERGUSON, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
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