U.S. v. ATLANTIC RESEARCH CORP.

No. 06-562.

127 S.Ct. 2331 (2007)

551 U.S. 128

168 L.Ed.2d 28

UNITED STATES, Petitioner, v. ATLANTIC RESEARCH CORPORATION.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 11, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas G. Hungar , Washington, D.C., for the petitioner.

Owen T. Armstrong, Jr. , Milwaukee, WI, for the respondent.

Jay D. Geck , for Washington, et al., as amici curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the respondent.

Paul D. Clement , Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the United States.

Frank L. Steeves , Owen Thomas Armstrong, Jr. , Counsel of Record, von Briesen & Roper, S.C., Milwaukee, WI, for Respondent Atlantic Research Corporation.

Paul D. Clement , Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Matthew J. McKeown , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Thomas G. Hungar , Deputy Solicitor General, Kannon K. Shanmugam , Assistant to the Solicitor General, Ronald M. Spritzer , Ellen J. Durkee , Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for United States.


Two provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) — §§ 107(a) and 113(f) — allow private parties to recover expenses associated with cleaning up contaminated sites. 42 U.S.C. §§ 9607(a), 9613(f). In this...

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