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ARCONIC, INC. v. APC INV. CO.

No. 19-55181.

969 F.3d 945 (2020)

ARCONIC, INC., FKA Alcoa, Inc.; Applied Micro Circuits Corp.; BASF Corporation; Baxter Healthcare Corporation; Cal-Tape & Label Co.; California Hydroforming Company, Inc.; Cintas Corporation; Columbia Showcase & Cabinet Company, Inc.; County of Los Angeles; Crosby & Overton, Inc.; Disney Enterprises, Inc.; FHL Group; Forenco, Inc.; General Dynamics Corporation; Hexcel Corporation; Hercules, Inc.; Honeywell International, Inc.; International Paper Company; Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority; Mattel, Inc.; Masco Corporation of Indiana; Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation; Pilkington Group Limited; Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories, Inc.; Raytheon Company; Soco West, Inc.; Sparton Technology, Inc.; The Boeing Company; The Dow Chemical Company; Regents of the University of California; TriMas Corporation; Univar USA, Inc.; Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. APC INVESTMENT CO.; Associated Plating Company; Associated Plating Company, Inc.; Gordon E. McCann; Lynnea R. McCann; Darrell K. Golnick; Clare S. Golnick; Bodycote Thermal Processing, Inc.; Powerine Company; Claudette Earl; Earl Mfg. Co., Inc.; Ferro Corp.; Fireman's Fund Insurance Company; Federal Insurance Company; Palley Supply Company; Foss Plating Company, Inc.; Kekropia, Inc.; Palmtree Acquisition Corporation; Phibro-Tech, Inc.; First Dice Road Company, Inc.; Union Pacific Railroad Company; Halliburton Affiliates, LLC; Cheryl A. Golnick, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 10, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Joshua Rosenkranz (argued) and Elizabeth R. Cruikshank , Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, New York, New York; Brian P. Goldman , Easha Anand , and Karim J. Kentfield , Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, San Francisco, California; Nancy Sher Cohen and Ronald A. Valenzuela , Lathrop Gage LLP, Los Angeles, California; for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Thomas R. McCarthy (argued), Consovoy McCarthy PLLC, Arlington, Virginia; David E. Cranston , Greenberg Glusker, Los Angeles, California; for Defendant-Appellee Union Pacific Railroad Company.

James B. Harris , Thompson & Knight LLP, Dallas, Texas; for Defendant-Appellee Bodycote Thermal Processing, Inc.

Robert P. Doty (argued) and Cathy T. Moses , Cox Castle & Nicholson LLP, San Francisco, California, for Defendant-Appellee Palmtree Acquisition Corporation.

No appearances by remaining Defendants-Appellees.

Matthew R. Oakes (argued) and Jennifer Scheller Neumann , Attorneys; Eric Grant , Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Michael Massey , Attorney, United States Environmental Protection Agency; for Amicus Curiae United States.

Xavier Becerra , Attorney General; Sally Magnani , Senior Assistant Attorney General; Edward H. Ochoa , Supervising Deputy Attorney General; Olivia W. Karlin and James Potter , Deputy Attorneys General; Office of the Attorney General, Los Angeles, California; for Amicus Curiae California Department of Toxic Substances Control.

Timothy T. Coates and Marc J. Poster , Greines Martin Stein & Richland LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Amicus Curiae Former United States Department of Justice Official Stephen D. Ramsey.

Before: Consuelo M. Callahan and Jacqueline H. Nguyen, Circuit Judges, and Dana L. Christensen, District Judge.

OPINION

The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) requires parties to pursue contribution for their cleanup costs within three years of the "entry of a judicially approved settlement with respect to such costs." 42 U.S.C. §...

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