U.S. v. ALBERT INV. CO., INC.

No. 08-6267.

585 F.3d 1386 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America; State of Oklahoma, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ALBERT INVESTMENT COMPANY, INC; American Airlines, Inc.; Apac Arkansas, Inc.; Apac Oklahoma, Inc.; Bartlett Collins Company; Bell Helicopter; Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire, LLC; Butler Aviation; CNH America LLC, f/k/a Case Corporation; Chevron Environmental Management Company; City of Amarillo; City of Oklahoma City; City of Tulsa; Conocophillips Company; CRST International, Inc.; Cummins Southern Plains, Inc.; Schlumberger Technologies Corporation Dowell Schlumberger; Emerson Electric Company; Fibercast; Ft. James Operating Company; General Tire, Inc.; Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company; Halliburton; Howard Pontiac GMC, Inc.; Hudiberg Chevrolet, d/b/a Hudiberg Investments; Illinois Tool Works, Inc.; IMCO d/b/a General Dynamics OTS, f/k/a Intercontinental Manufacturing Company, Inc.; Kawneer Company, Inc; Marathon Electric; Natural Gas Pipeline; Oklahoma Department of Mental Health; Oklahoma Department Of Transportation; Roadway Express, Inc.; Sears Roebuck And Company; Shell Oil Company; BC Imports, Inc., f/k/a Steve Bailey Honda; UE, Inc., f/k/a United Engines, Inc.; United Parcel Service, Inc.; Western Farmers; Willis Shaw Express, Inc.; Hilti, Inc.; Interstate Brands Continental Baking; Tyson Foods, Inc.; Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.; Kraft General Foods, Inc., Defendants-Appellees. Union Pacific Railroad Company, Movant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

November 10, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William George (Debra Tsuchiyama Baker, Michael Connelly and John Muir of Connelly, Baker & Wotring, L.L.P., Houston, TX, with him on the briefs) for Movant-Appellant.

Gerald Hilsher of McAfee & Taft, P.C., Tulsa, OK (Stephen L. Jantzen of Ryan, Whaley, Coldiron, Shandy, P.C., with him on the brief) Oklahoma City, OK, for Defendants-Appellees.

Joan Pepin, U.S. Department of Justice, Environmental & Natural Resources Division, Appellate Section, Washington, D.C. (Robert H. Oakley and Samuel D. Blesi, of U.S. Department of Justice, Environmental & Natural Resources Division, Appellate Section, Washington, D.C.; Daniel P. Lennington, Office of Attorney General, State of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK; James A. Bove, Office of General Counsel, Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.; Pamela J. Travis, Office of Regional Counsel, Environmental Protection Agency, Dallas, TX; John C. Cruden, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Washington, D.C., on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before KELLY, McKAY, and LUCERO, Circuit Judges.


PAUL KELLY, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Movant-Appellant Union Pacific Railroad Co. ("Union Pacific") appeals from the district court's denial of its motion to intervene in an action brought by Plaintiffs-Appellees (United States and the State of Oklahoma) under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601-9675 ("CERCLA"). "[A]n order denying intervention is final and subject to immediate review if it prevents the...

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