ARROW GEAR CO. v. DOWNERS GROVE SANITARY DIST.

Nos. 09-1509, 09-4030.

629 F.3d 633 (2010)

ARROW GEAR COMPANY and Precision Brand Products, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DOWNERS GROVE SANITARY DISTRICT, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 10, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Justin Marks , Carey S. Rosemarin (argued), Northbrook, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant in No. 09-1509.

Lawrence W. Falbe , Quarles & Brady, Laura A. O'Connell (argued), Nancy J. Rich , Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Peter V. Baugher , Schopf & Weiss LLP, Chicago, IL, Michael S. Blazer , Jeep & Blazer, Hillside, IL, for Defendants-Appellees in No. 09-1509.

Mark Erzen (argued), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant in No. 09-4030.

Lawrence W. Falbe , Quarles & Brady, Peter V. Baugher , Schopf & Weiss LLP, Laura A. O'Connell (argued), Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, Raymond E. Stachnik , Brent I. Clark , Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Chicago, IL, Michael S. Blazer , Jeep & Blazer, Hillside, IL, for Defendants-Appellees in No. 09-4030.

Before POSNER, KANNE, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

In 2008 the appellees, Arrow and Precision, brought separate suits under section 113(b) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. § 9613(b), seeking contribution—seeking to shift some of the costs that Arrow and Precision had incurred, as a result of having been found liable for groundwater contamination, to other polluters of the same site. Those other polluters are the defendants...

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