Federal Case

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that consent decree is not necessarily rendered unfair by possibility that non-settling party’s liability would consequently increase
• stating that CERCLA’s purpose is “making those responsible for problems caused by the disposal of chemical poisons bear the costs and responsibility for remedying the harmful conditions they created”
• stating that CERCLA’s purpose is “making those responsible for problems caused by the disposal of chemical poisons bear the costs and responsibility for remedying the harmful conditions they created”
• explaining that “[w]hether the [trial] court’s 10 findings have a preclusive effect against [the parties] only 11 becomes ripe for determination if and when the [parties] use the 12 findings and conclusions in other contexts.”
• explaining that “[w]hether the [trial] court’s 10 findings have a preclusive effect against [the parties] only 11 becomes ripe for determination if and when the [parties] use the 12 findings and conclusions in other contexts.”
• “Notable for our purposes here is that [CERCLA] expressly provides that ‘[w]henever practicable and in the public interest . . . [the government] shall act to facilitate agreements . . . in order to expedite effective remedial actions and minimize litigation.’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).