State of Colo. v. Asarco, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• CERCLA defendants “have a right to contribution in the event that they are held jointly and severally liable” under CERCLA
• once cleanup is assured, no statutory goal would be promoted by forcing only some of the responsible parties to bear cleanup costs
• “It is clear from the legislative history [of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“CERCLA”
• finding no right of contribution

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).