RACER PROPERTIES LLC v. NAT. GRID USA

5:18-CV-1267.

610 F.Supp.3d 451 (2022)

RACER PROPERTIES LLC and EPLET, LLC, not individually but solely in its representative capacity as Administrative Trustee of Revitalizing Auto Communities Environmental Response Trust, Plaintiffs, v. NATIONAL GRID USA, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. New York.

Signed July 8, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ALAN J. KNAUF, ESQ. , LINDA R. SHAW, ESQ. , AMY K. KENDALL, ESQ. , JONATHAN R. TANTILLO, ESQ. , MELISSA VALLE, ESQ. , KNAUF SHAW LLP, Attorneys for Plaintiffs, 1400 Cross-roads Building, 2 State Street, Rochester, New York 14614.

JEFFREY D. TALBERT, ESQ. , DAVID B. VAN SLYKE, ESQ. , LAURA A. RIDEOUT, ESQ. , PRETI FLAHERTY BELIVEAU & PACHIOS, LLP, Attorneys for Plaintiff Racer Properties LLC, P.O. Box 9546, One City Center, Portland, Maine 04112.

YVONNE E. HENNESSEY, ESQ. , BARCLAY DAMON LLP-ALBANY, Attorneys for Defendants National Grid USA and Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation, 80 State Street, Albany, New York 12207.

ERICK M. SANDLER, ESQ. , ELIZABETH C. BARTON, ESQ. , DAY, PITNEY LAW FIRM-HARTFORD, Attorneys for Defendants Carrier Corporation, United Technologies Corporation, and Carlyle Air Conditioning Company Inc., 242 Trumbull Street, Hartford, Connecticut 06103.

DEAN S. SOMMER, ESQ. , KRISTIN CARTER, ROWE, ESQ. , YOUNG, SOMMER LAW FIRM, Attorneys for Defendant General Electric Company, Executive Woods Five Palisades Drive, Albany, New York 12205.

BERNARD J. , GARBUTT, III, ESQ. , MORGAN, LEWIS LAW FIRM-NY, Attorneys for Defendant Bristol-Meyers Squibb Company, 101 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10178.

GLEN R. STUART, ESQ. , ADINA D. BINGHAM, ESQ. , MORGAN, LEWIS LAW FIRM, Attorneys for Defendant Bristol-Meyers Squibb Company, 1701 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103.

JOHN T. KOLAGA, ESQ. , RUPP, BAASE LAW FIRM-BUFFALO, Attorneys for Defendants Thompson Corners, LLC, 6181 Thompson Road, LLC, Thompson Lawn, LLC, and Thompson NW, LLC, 424 Main Street, 1600 Liberty Building, Buffalo, New York 14202.

ALBERT J. MILLUS, Jr., ESQ. , HINMAN, HOWARD LAW FIRM, Attorneys for Defendants Metalico Syracuse Realty, Inc. and Metalico New York, Inc., P.O. Box 5250, 80 Exchange Street, 700 Security Mutual Building, Binghamton, New York 13902.

DANIEL FLAHERTY, ESQ. , DANIEL NARVEY, ESQ. , GODFREY & KAHN, S.C., Attorneys for Defendant Gardner Denver, Inc., 833 East Michigan Street Suite 1800, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202.

GARY S. BOWITCH, ESQ. , GARY S. BOWITCH, Attorneys for Defendant Gardner Denver, Inc., 13 Willow Street, Castleton, New York 12033.

DONALD W. , O'BRIEN, Jr. ESQ. , WOODS OVIATT GILMAN LLP, Attorneys for Defendant ONX1 LLC, 1900 Bausch & Lomb Place, Rochester, New York 14604.

ANDREW C. ROSE, ESQ. , DANA P. STANTON, ESQ. , NIXON, PEABODY LAW FIRM-ALBANY, Attorneys for Defendant Onondaga Pottery Company, Inc., 677 Broadway 10th Floor, Albany, New York 12207.

LORI E. PETRONE, ESQ. , KENNEY, SHELTON LAW FIRM, Attorneys for Defendant Amparit Industries, LLC, 233 Franklin Street, Buffalo, New York 14202.

MICHAEL A. FOGEL, ESQ. , PATRICK D. DONNELLY, ESQ. , FOGEL & BROWN, P.C., Attorneys for Defendants Carrier Circle Business Complex LLC, Syracuse Lepage LLC, and North Midler Properties LLC, 120 Madison Street, Syracuse, New York 13202.

PHILIP H. GITLEN, ESQ. , WHITEMAN, OSTERMAN LAW FIRM, Attorneys for Defendant Telesector Resources Group, Inc., One Commerce Plaza Suite 1900, Albany, New York 12210.

DAVID VENDERBUSH, ESQ. , ALSTON, BIRD LAW FIRM-NY, Attorneys for Defendant Western Electric Company, Incorporated and Nokia of America Corporation, 90 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10016.

MEAGHAN G. BOYD, ESQ. , ALSTON, BIRD LAW FIRM-ATLANTA, Attorneys for Defendant Western Electric Company, Incorporated and Nokia of America Corporation, 1201 West Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30309.

CHARLES T. WEHLAND, ESQ. , JONES, DAY LAW FIRM-CHICAGO, Attorneys for Defendant Lennox Industries Inc., 77 West Wacker Drive Suite 3500, Chicago, Illinois 60601.

ALLISON L. WAKS, ESQ. , JONES, DAY LAW FIRM-NEW YORK, Attorneys for Defendant Lennox Industries Inc., 250 Vesey Street, New York, New York 10281.

GREGORY M. BROWN, ESQ. , BROWN DUKE & FOGEL, P.C., Attorneys for Defendants Syracuse Deere Road Associates, LLC and Hauler's Facility LLC, 120 Madison Avenue Suite 1620, Syracuse, New York 13202.

LINDA E. ALARIO, ESQ. , LINDA E. ALARIO, Attorneys for Defendant Jagar Enterprises, Inc., 203 Jasper Street, Syracuse, New York 13203.

PAUL D. SYLVESTRI, ESQ. , PETER H. ABDELLA, ESQ. , HARTER, SECREST LAW FIRM, Attorneys for Defendants Calocerinos and Spina and C&S Engineers, Inc., 1600 Bausch & Lomb Place, Rochester, New York 14604.

JOSEPH R. TALARICO II, ESQ. , TALARICO LAW FIRM, Attorneys for Defendant B&B Family Limited Partnership, 6832 East Genesee Street, Fayetteville, New York 13066.

GEOFFREY J. MICHAEL, ESQ. , GEOFFREY J. MICHAEL, Attorneys for Defendant Honeywell International Inc., 6407 Eleventh Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22307.

LAUREN COLE DANIEL, ESQ. , ARNOLD, PORTER LAW FIRM-DC, Attorneys for Defendant Honeywell International Inc., 601 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Colombia 20001.

STEVEN T. MIANO, ESQ. , PETER V. KEAYS, ESQ. , ROBERT A. WIYGUL, ESQ. , HANGLEY ARONCHICK SEGAL PUDLIN & SCHILLER, Attorneys for Defendant Lockheed Martin Corporation, One Logan Square Twenty-Seventh Floor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103.

DOUGLAS H. ZAMELIS, ESQ. , THE LAW OFFICE OF DOUGLAS H. ZAMELIS, Attorneys for Defendant Northeast Management Services, Inc., 7629A State Highway 80, Cooperstown, New York 13326.

MELODY D. WESTFALL, ESQ. , WESTFALL LAW PLLC, Attorneys for Defendant Northern Industrial Holdings, LLC, 247 W. Fayette Street, Suite 203, Syracuse, New York 13202.


MEMORANDUM-DECISION and ORDER

I. INTRODUCTION

On October 26, 2018, plaintiffs Racer Properties LLC ("Racer Properties") and EPLET, LLC ("EPLET" and with Racer Properties "plaintiffs") on behalf of Revitalizing Auto Communities...

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