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· 9/10/1991

Fallis v. Kerr-McGee Corp.

Citations

  • 944 F.2d 743
  • 1991 U.S. App. LEXIS 20975
  • 57 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 40,936
  • 56 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1462
  • 1991 WL 172633

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that leaking mineral spirits from an underground storage tank constituted \disposal \ under 9607(a)(2)
  • holding that a site was divisible into separate facilities where it “was subdivided and separate portions of it were leased out to individual tenants”
  • holding past owners liable for the \disposal\ of hazardous wastes that leaked from an underground storage tank
  • holding past owners liable for \disposal\ of hazardous wastes that leaked from underground storage tank notwithstanding they were not owners \at the time of disposal\
  • holding a “facility” includes that portion of a larger property “in and around the [leaking] storage tanks”
  • holding individual defendant liable because hazardous substances were leaking from tanks during the time that he owned the property, even though he did not handle the tanks

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Judges: Anderson, Barrett, Tacha

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