NCR CORP. v. GEORGE A. WHITING PAPER CO.

Nos. 13-2447, 13-2522, 13-2568, 13-2570, 13-2572, 13-2605, 13-2606, 13-2607, 13-2631, 13-2645, 13-2866.

768 F.3d 682 (2014)

NCR CORPORATION, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GEORGE A. WHITING PAPER COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 25, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Evan Chesler, Attorney, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York, NY, Dennis P. Birke, Dewitt Ross & Stevens S.C., Madison, WI, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Scott B. Fleming, Weiss, Berzowski, Brady LLP, William J. Mulligan, Davis & Kuelthau, Steven P. Bogart, Scott W. Hansen, Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren S.C., Nancy K. Peterson, Quarles & Brady LLP, M. Andrew Skwierawski, Friebert, Finerty & St. John, Susan E. Lovern, Von Briesen & Roper, S.C., Milwaukee, WI, David G. Mandelbaum, Greenberg Traurig LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Philip C. Hunsucker, Allison E. McAdam, Hunsucker Goodstein & Nelson PC, Lafayette, CA, Richard C. Yde, Jr., Stafford Rosenbaum LLP, Ian A. Pitz, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, Sarah A. Slack, Foley & Lardner LLP, Madison, WI, David S. Gualtieri, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, William B. Adams, Kathleen M. Sullivan, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, David L. Leichtman, Robins, Kaplin, Miller & Ciresi, New York, NY, Mary R. Alexander, Latham & Watkins LLP, Garrett L. Boehm, Jr., Johnson & Bell, Ltd., Chicago, IL, Thomas Rush Gottshall, Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A., Columbia, SC, Anthony S. Wachewicz, III, City of Green Bay Law Department, Green Bay, WI, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before WOOD, Chief Judge, and KANNE and TINDER, Circuit Judges.


WOOD, Chief Judge.

The invention of carbonless copy paper by NCR Corporation in the mid-1950s solved a small problem and created a large one. Though it alleviated the messy side effects of carbon paper for those who wanted copies in the pre-photocopy era, over the next quarter-century it became clear that the cost of this convenience was large-scale environmental contamination. That is because, until the early 1970s, the substance coating the paper included poly-chlorinated...

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