U.S. v. GENERAL ELEC. CO.

No. 11-1034.

670 F.3d 377 (2012)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 29, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter A. Biagetti , with whom Colin G. Van Dyke , Jeffrey R. Porter , Andrew Nathanson , and Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., were on brief for appellant.

Robert H. Oakley , U.S. Department of Justice, Environmental & Natural Resources Division, with whom Robert Dreher , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Lisa E. Jones , Catherine A. Fiske , Laura Rowley , and Ruthann Sherman , Senior Enforcement Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, was on brief for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges, and SARIS, District Judge.


TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-Appellant General Electric Company ("GE") appeals from a district court judgment holding it liable under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ("CERCLA"), 42 U.S.C. § 9607(a)(3), for response costs incurred by the United States Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") in the unfinished cleanup of the Fletcher's Paint Works and Storage Facility Superfund Site in Milford, New Hampshire (the...

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