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· 3/4/2011

Nu-West Mining Inc. v. United States

Citations

  • 768 F. Supp. 2d 1082
  • 41 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 20120
  • 73 ERC (BNA) 1572
  • 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22461
  • 2011 WL 832482

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding the United States liable as an arranger where it required the disposal of the hazardous material as a condition of mining approval
  • considering “whether the entity (1) owns the hazardous substance; (2) had the authority to .control the disposal of that substance; and (3) exercised some actual control over the disposal of that substance”
  • defining the three-part test for arranger liability

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Judges: B. Lynn Winmill

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