United States of America v. Charles George Trucking, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the substance of the fairness inquiry will depend on the context
• indicating that the “overarching goals of CERCLA” include “accountability, the desirability of an unsullied environment, and promptness of response activities” (quoting Cannons, 899 F.2d at 91)
• noting that a settlement was favorable to the government agencies where the payment corresponded to the group’s share of responsibility multiplied by the highest estimate of clean-up costs
• indicating that the “overarching goals of CERCLA” include “accountability, the desirability of an unsullied environment, and promptness of response activities” (quoting Cannons, 899 F.2d at 91)
• noting that a settlement was favorable to the government agencies where the payment corresponded to the group’s share of responsibility multiplied by the highest estimate of clean-up costs
• “non-settling defendants ... are potentially liable for the full difference between the costs of cleanup and the total amount paid by the settling PRPs”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).