HINDS INVESTMENTS, L.P. v. ANGIOLI

Nos. 10-15607, 10-15951.

654 F.3d 846 (2011)

HINDS INVESTMENTS, L.P., Plaintiff-Appellant, Patricia McLaughlin, Trustee of the Thomas F. Hinds and Mary Jane Hinds Living Trust, Plaintiff-counter-defendant-Appellant, v. Albert ANGIOLI; Burnell Angioli, Defendants, and Multimatic Corporation; Multimatic Dry Cleaning Machine Corporation; Multimatic LLC; Kirrberg Corporation; Hoyt Corporation; R.R. Street & Co., Inc., Defendants-Appellees, Team Enterprises, Inc., Defendant-cross-claimant-Appellee, v. CSK Auto, Inc., DBA Kragen Auto Parts and Cooper Industries Ltd., Third-party-defendant. Hinds Investments, L.P., Plaintiff-Appellant, Patricia McLaughlin, Trustee of the Thomas F. Hinds and Mary Jane Hinds Living Trust, Plaintiff-counter-defendant-Appellant, v. Albert Angioli; Burnell Angioli; Multimatic Corporation; Multimatic Dry Cleaning Machine Corporation; Multimatic LLC; Kirrberg Corporation; Hoyt Corporation; R.R. Street & Co., Inc., Defendants-Appellees, Team Enterprises, Inc., Defendant-cross-claimant-Appellee, v. CSK Auto, Inc., DBA Kragen Auto Parts and Cooper Industries Ltd., Third-party-defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 1, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jordan S. Stanzler , Edward R. Firestone , and Melinda Jane Steuer of Stanzler Law Group, Palo Alto, CA, for plaintiffs-appellants Hinds Investments, L.P. and Patricia McLaughlin.

Thomas F. Vandenburg and Ian P. Culver of Dongell Lawrence Finney LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for defendants-appellees Multimatic Corporation, Multimatic Dry Cleaning Machine Corporation, the Kirrberg Corporation, and Multimatic LLC.

Eric Grant and John B. Thomas of Hicks Thomas LLP, Sacramento, CA, & Houston, TX, for defendant-appellee R.R. Street & Co., Inc.

Richard S. Baron , Brian H. Phinney , and Marc P. Lawrence of Foley, Baron & Metzger, PLLC, Livonia, MI, and Mandy L. Jeffcoach of McCormick Barstow, LLP, Fresno, CA, for defendant-appellee Hoyt Corporation.

Before: DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN, RONALD M. GOULD, Circuit Judges, and AMY J. ST. EVE, District Judge.


OPINION

GOULD, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs Hinds Investments, L.P. and Patricia McLaughlin (collectively, "Hinds") appeal the district court's dismissal of their claims against manufacturers of dry cleaning equipment brought, inter alia, under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 ("RCRA"), 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.1 RCRA permits citizen suits against "any person ... who has contributed or who is contributing...

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