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WHITTAKER CORP. v. U.S.

No. 14-55385.

825 F.3d 1002 (2016)

WHITTAKER CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 13, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin M. Fong (argued), Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, San Francisco, California; Reynold L. Siemens , Mark E. Elliott , and Caroline L. Plant , Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Nicholas A. DiMascio (argued), Attorney, Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, Denver, Colorado; Aaron P. Avila and Michael C. Augustini , Attorneys; Sam Hirsch , Acting Assistant Attorney General; Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Defendant-Appellee.

Partial Concurrence by Judge Owens.

OPINION

When two or more people have been found liable for someone's injury, and one of them pays more than her fair share, the law often lets the person who paid too much recover from the others, in order to even things out. This is called the right to "contribution," and it has deep roots in our statutory and...

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