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UNITED STATES v. PUERTO RICO INDUSTRIAL DEV. CO.

No. 19-1874.

18 F.4th 370 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. PUERTO RICO INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, Defendant, Third-Party Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Beckman Coulter, Inc.; System Engineering Labs, Inc.; Coulter Reagents, Inc; Solar Mat of Puerto Rico Company, Inc.; Puerto Rico Housing Department; Premium Fruit Company, Inc.; Puerto Rico Beverage, Inc.; EIG Agua Pura de Puerto Rico, Inc.; Juan Orozco Ltd., Inc.; CATPI, Inc.; Orle International Corporation; Municipality of Maunabo; SUNOCO Caribbean, Inc.; Insurer Numbers One — Twelve, Third-Party Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

November 17, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Juan Rafael González-Muñoz , with whom Juan J. Casillas-Ayala , Diana M. Batlle-Barasorda , and González Muñoz Law Offices, PSC were on brief, for appellant.

Ellen J. Durkee , Attorney, Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, with whom Jonathan D. Brightbill , Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Eric Grant , Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Anna T. Katselas , Mark A. Gallagher , Richard S. Greene , and Catherine Adams Fiske , Attorneys, Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, and James Doyle and Henry Guzmán , Attorneys, Office of Regional Counsel, Region 2, United States Environmental Protection Agency, were on brief, for appellee.

Before LYNCH and SELYA, Circuit Judges, and McCAFFERTY, District Judge.

In September 2015, the United States brought a civil action under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ("CERCLA"), 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq., against Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company ("PRIDCO"), appellant here, as a potentially responsible party...

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