VOGGENTHALER v. MARYLAND SQUARE LLC

Nos. 10-17520, 11-15174, 11-15176, 12-16409, 12-16412.

724 F.3d 1050 (2013)

Peter J. VOGGENTHALER; William Montero; Barbara Montero; Clifford Rogers; Sharon Rogers; Hermann Rosner; Marcus Rothkranz; Daniel Soldini; Charles Walker; Verna Walker; Jack Yencheck; Ofelia Yencheck; Richard Malm; Roger Ellsworth; Jo Ann Ellsworth; Margaret Rudelich-Hoppe; Patricia Mahoney; Richard Falen; Peter Learned; Kristian Meier; Eliza Acosta; Mirha Elias; Aiko Berge; Victor Becerra; Arthur Bodendorfer; Brenda C. Chaffin; Michael J. Solmi; Jason Cowles; Jane Gauthier; Honore Gauthier; Nikolas Konstantinou; Dragan Kurajica; Kenneth Lowther; James Luehmann; Jacqueline Luehmann; Ruth Mannheimer; State of Nevada, on behalf of Department of Conservation & Natural Resources, Division of Environmental Protection, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. MARYLAND SQUARE LLC, Defendant-Appellant, and Maryland Square Shopping Center LLC; Herman Kishner Trust, DBA Maryland Square Shopping Center; Irwin Kishner; Jerry Engel; Bank of America, NA, Trustee on behalf of Herman Kishner Trust; Clark County School District; Melvin Shapiro; Shapiro Brothers Investment Company, Defendants. Peter J. Voggenthaler; William Montero; Barbara Montero; Clifford Rogers; Sharon Rogers; Hermann Rosner; Marcus Rothkranz; Daniel Soldini; Charles Walker; Verna Walker; Jack Yencheck; Ofelia Yencheck; Richard Malm; Roger Ellsworth; Jo Ann Ellsworth; Margaret Rudelich-Hoppe; Patricia Mahoney; Richard Falen; Peter Learned; Kristian Meier; Eliza Acosta; Mirha Elias; Aiko Berge; Victor Becerra; Arthur Bodendorfer; Brenda C. Chaffin; Michael J. Solmi; Jason Cowles; Jane Gauthier; Honore Gauthier; Nikolas Konstantinou; Dragan Kurajica; Kenneth Lowther; James Luehmann; Jacqueline Luehmann; Ruth Mannheimer, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Maryland Square Shopping Center LLC, Trustee on behalf of Herman Kishner Trust, Defendant-Intervenor, State of Nevada, on behalf of Department of Conservation & Natural Resources, Division of Environmental Protection, Plaintiff-Intervenor, Bank of America, NA, Trustee on behalf of Herman Kishner Trust; Jerry Engel, Trustee on behalf of Herman Kishner Trust; Herman Kishner Trust, Trustee on behalf of Herman Kishner Trust, DBA Maryland Square Shopping Center; Irwin Kishner, Trustee on behalf of Herman Kishner Trust, Defendants-Intervenors, v. Shapiro Brothers Investment Company, Defendant-Appellant, and Clark County School District; Melvin Shapiro; Maryland Square LLC, Trustee on behalf of Herman Kishner Trust, Defendants. Peter J. Voggenthaler; William Montero; Barbara Montero; Clifford Rogers; Sharon Rogers; Hermann Rosner; Marcus Rothkranz; Daniel Soldini; Charles Walker; Verna Walker; Jack Yencheck; Ofelia Yencheck; Richard Malm; Roger Ellsworth; Jo Ann Ellsworth; Margaret Rudelich-Hoppe; Patricia Mahoney; Richard Falen; Peter Learned; Kristian Meier; Eliza Acosta; Mirha Elias; Aiko Berge; Victor Becerra; Arthur Bodendorfer; Brenda C. Chaffin; Michael J. Solmi; Jason Cowles; Jane Gauthier; Honore Gauthier; Nikolas Konstantinou; Dragan Kurajica; Kenneth Lowther; James Luehmann; Jacqueline Luehmann; Ruth Mannheimer; State of Nevada, on behalf of Department of Conservation & Natural Resources, Division of Environmental Protection, Plaintiffs, v. Maryland Square Shopping Center LLC; Herman Kishner Trust, DBA Maryland Square Shopping Center; Irwin Kishner; Jerry Engel; Bank of America, Trustee on behalf of Herman Kishner Trust, Defendants-Appellees, v. Melvin Shapiro; Shapiro Brothers Investment Company, Defendants-Appellants, and Maryland Square LLC; Clark County School District, Defendants. Peter J. Voggenthaler; William Montero; Barbara Montero; Clifford Rogers; Sharon Rogers; Hermann Rosner; Marcus Rothkranz; Daniel Soldini; Charles Walker; Verna Walker; Jack Yencheck; Ofelia Yencheck; Richard Malm; Roger Ellsworth; Jo Ann Ellsworth; Margaret Rudelich-Hoppe; Patricia Mahoney; Richard Falen; Peter Learned; Kristian Meier; Eliza Acosta; Mirha Elias; Aiko Berge; Victor Becerra; Arthur Bodendorfer; Brenda C. Chaffin; Michael J. Solmi; Jason Cowles; Jane Gauthier; Honore Gauthier; Nikolas Konstantinou; Dragan Kurajica; Kenneth Lowther; James Luehmann; Jacqueline Luehmann; Ruth Mannheimer, Plaintiffs, and State of Nevada, on behalf of Department of Conservation & Natural Resources, Division of Environmental Protection, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Maryland Square LLC; Maryland Square Shopping Center LLC; Herman Kishner Trust, DBA Maryland Square Shopping Center; Irwin Kishner; Jerry Engel; Bank of America, NA, Trustee on behalf of Herman Kishner Trust; Clark County School District; Melvin Shapiro, Defendants, and Shapiro Brothers Investment Company, Defendant-Appellant. Peter J. Voggenthaler; William Montero; Barbara Montero; Clifford Rogers; Sharon Rogers; Hermann Rosner; Marcus Rothkranz; Daniel Soldini; Charles Walker; Verna Walker; Jack Yencheck; Ofelia Yencheck; Richard Malm; Roger Ellsworth; Jo Ann Ellsworth; Margaret Rudelich-Hoppe; Patricia Mahoney; Richard Falen; Peter Learned; Kristian Meier; Eliza Acosta; Mirha Elias; Aiko Berge; Victor Becerra; Arthur Bodendorfer; Brenda C. Chaffin; Michael J. Solmi; Jason Cowles; Jane Gauthier; Honore Gauthier; Nikolas Konstantinou; Dragan Kurajica; Kenneth Lowther; James Luehmann; Jacqueline Luehmann; Ruth Mannheimer, Plaintiffs, and State of Nevada, on behalf of Department of Conservation & Natural Resources, Division of Environmental Protection, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Maryland Square LLC, Defendant-Appellant, and Maryland Square Shopping Center LLC; Herman Kishner Trust, DBA Maryland Square Shopping Center; Irwin Kishner; Jerry Engel; Bank of America, NA, Trustee on behalf of Herman Kishner Trust; Clark County School District; Melvin Shapiro; Shapiro Brothers Investment Company, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 26, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander Robertson, IV and Jennifer L. Taylor , Robertson & Associates, LLP, Las Vegas, NV; Jan Adam Greben , Greben & Associates, Santa Barbara, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Peter J. Voggenthaler, et al.

Catherine Cortez Masto , Attorney General, Carolyn E. Tanner (argued), Senior Deputy Attorney General, and Jasmine K. Mehta (argued), Deputy Attorney General, Carson City, NV, for Plaintiff-Intervenor-Appellee Nevada Division of Environmental Protection.

Thomas Vandenburg , Joshua Levine , Christopher Smith and John A. Lawrence (argued), Dongell Lawrence Finney, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendants-Intervenors-Appellees Maryland Square Shopping Center, LLC, et al.

Jeremy Gilman and Gregory J. Lucht (argued), Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff, LLP, Cleveland, OH; Jeffrey T. Oberman , Levin & Oberman, Beverly Hills, CA, for Defendants-Appellants Melvin Shapiro and Shapiro Brothers Investment Co.

Franklin H. Levy and Joshua M.D. Segal (argued), Lawson & Weitzen, LLP, Boston, MA; Shan Davis , Shan Davis & Associates, Las Vegas, NV, for Defendant-Appellant Maryland Square, LLC.

Before: MARY M. SCHROEDER, SIDNEY R. THOMAS, and BARRY G. SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:

Two environmental statutes everyone loves to hate are the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ("CERCLA") and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ("RCRA"). In combination, they make owners of contaminated property and contributors to contamination responsible for cleaning up toxic waste, and, if someone else cleans up the waste, liable for the costs of that clean up. This litigation...

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