U.S. v. W.R. GRACE

Nos. 06-30472, 06-30524.

504 F.3d 745 (2007)

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.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

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.


BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

From 1963 until the early 1990s, W.R. Grace ("W.R. Grace" or "Grace") mined and processed a rich supply of vermiculite ore outside of Libby, Montana. In response to ongoing serious health problems suffered by Libby residents, the government obtained an indictment charging W.R. Grace and seven of its executives (together "Grace") with criminal conduct arising from Grace's vermiculite operation in Libby. The superseding indictment charges...

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