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U.S. Supreme Court Refuses To Take Up Due Process Challenge To EPA Orders
Posted on 7 Jun 2011 by Shane Dilworth

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court on June 6 declined review of a District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling holding that the Environmental Protection Agency's use of unilateral administrative orders to enforce... Read More

Tags: Supreme Court , Lisa Jackson , Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act , due process , GE , Environmental Protection Agency , General Electric , PRP , potentially responsible party , unilateral administrative orders , Litigation , CERCLA , EPA , General Electric Co. v. Lisa Jackson , UAOs

William A. Ruskin: Did the Supreme Court's 2009 BNSF Decision Change CERCLA Cost-Recovery Practice?
Posted on 10 Dec 2012 by William A. Ruskin

By William A. Ruskin The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Co. v. United States , 129 S. Ct. 1870 (2009) [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers ], examined two unsettled areas of CERCLA: (1) the... Read More

Tags: BNSF , divisibility , "§9607(a)(3)' , CERCLA cost recovery , Arranger Liability , §433(A) of the Restatement (Second) of Torts , cost recovery , Yankee Gas Servs. Co. v. UGI Utils. , William A. Ruskin , Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. United States , PRP , Litigation , Three Rivers Management , Inc , CERCLA , U.S. Supreme Court