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PAKOOTAS v. TECK COMINCO METALS, LTD.

No. 15-35228.

830 F.3d 975 (2016)

Joseph A. PAKOOTAS, an individual and enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation; Donald R. Michel, an individual and enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation; Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Plaintiffs-Appellees, State of Washington, Intervenor-Plaintiff-Appellee, v. TECK COMINCO METALS, LTD., a Canadian corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 27, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin M. Fong (argued), Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, San Francisco, California; Christopher J. McNevin , Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Austin, Texas; for Defendant-Appellant.

Paul J. Dayton (argued) and Brian S. Epley , Short Cressman & Burgess PLLC, Seattle, Washington, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Andrew A. Fitz (argued), Senior Counsel; Robert W. Ferguson , Attorney General of Washington; Washington State Attorney General's Office, Olympia, Washington, for Intervenor-Plaintiff-Appellee.

Harold G. Bailey, Jr. , Eldon V. C. Greenberg , and Richard A. Wegman ; Garvey Schubert Barer, P.C., Washington, D.C.; Malcolm Seymour III , New York, New York; Matthew Begbie and Dean Sherratt , Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; for Amicus Curiae Government of Canada.

William M. Jay , Michael S. Giannotto and Andrew Kim , Goodwin Procter LLP, Washington, D.C.; Jaime A. Santos , Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston, Massachusetts; Leslie A. Hulse , American Chemistry Council, Washington, D.C.; Tawny A. Bridgeford , National Mining Association, Washington, D.C.; Steven P. Lehotsky and Sheldon B. Gilbert , U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, Washington, D.C.; Quentin Riegel , Manufacturers' Center for Legal Action, Washington, D.C.; for Amici Curiae National Mining Association, Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, National Association of Manufacturers and American Chemistry Council.

David S. Gualtieri (argued); John C. Cruden , Assistant Attorney General; Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae United States of America.

Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General of California; Sally Magnani , Senior Assistant Attorney General; Margarita Padilla , Supervising Deputy Attorney General; Timothy E. Sullivan and Dennis L. Beck, Jr. , Deputy Attorneys General; Office of the California Attorney General, Sacramento, California; for Amicus Curiae California Department of Toxic Substances Control.

Before: Michael Daly Hawkins, Johnnie B. Rawlinson, and Consuelo M. Callahan, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

When a smelter emits lead, arsenic, cadmium, and mercury compounds through a smokestack and those compounds contaminate land or water downwind, can the owner-operator of the smelter be held liable for cleanup costs and natural resource damages under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation...

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