Sun Co. v. Browning-Ferris, Inc.

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• deciding that where a party bringing a contribution suit incurs clean-up costs by means other than a judgment or settlement, e.g., a unilateral administrative order, that suit is the “initial action” for recovery of costs under §113(g)(2)
• establishing that liability under Section 113(f) is several
• “[U]nder § 113(f), that liability will be several, and the total cleanup costs—including responsibility for ‘orphan shares’5—will be equitably apportioned among all the PRPs . . . .”

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