Hillsborough County v. A & E Road Oiling Service

• Citation: 853 F. Supp. 1402
• Decision Date: 26 April 1994
• Docket Number: No. 92-1648-CIV-T-17.,92-1648-CIV-T-17.
• Parties: HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. A & E ROAD OILING SERVICE, INC., et al., Defendants.
• Court: U.S. District Court — Middle District of Florida

853 F. Supp. 1402

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. A & E ROAD OILING SERVICE, INC., et al., Defendants.

No. 92-1648-CIV-T-17.

United States District Court, M.D. Florida, Tampa Division.

April 26, 1994.

COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED

Andrea E. Zelman, Icard, Merrill, Cullis, Timm, Furen, & Ginsburg, P.A., Tampa, FL, William W. Merrill, III, Icard, Merrill, Cullis, Timm, Furen & Ginsburg, P.A., Sarasota, FL, for Hillsborough County, Reynolds Metal Co.

William Cook Ballard, Fisher & Sauls, P.A., St. Petersburg, FL, for A & E Road Oiling Service, Inc.

Emmett Abdoney, Tampa, FL, for Acme Sanitary Services, Inc.

William Barrett Taylor, IV, Macfarlane, Ausley, Ferguson & McMullen, Tampa, FL, for Acorn Contractors, Bingham Septic Tank, Dolfran, Lykes Bros., Morrison's Inc., Nuckles Septic Tank Service, Inc.

Julie A. Weisman, Swidler & Berlin, Washington, DC, for American Cyanamid Co.

Robert W. Boos, Honigman, Miller, Schwartz & Cohn, Tampa, FL, for Ashland Petroleum, JoJos Restaurants, W.R. Grace & Co.

John Wesley Wilcox, Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, P.A., Tampa, FL, for Bay Harbor Inn of Tampa, Inc., Cafe Don Jose, Inc., Sterling Cleaners, Tampa Port Committee for Spillage Control.

Lyle Wethington, Law Office of Lyle Wethington, Pinellas Park, FL, for Bay Area Septic Systems.

V. James Dickson, Mitchell Eric Cook, Robbins, Gaynor & Bronstein, P.A., St. Petersburg, FL, for Bayfront Medical Center, Inc.

James Michael Porter, Holland & Knight, Miami, FL, for Bridgestone/Firestone Inc., Coastal Detroit Diesel/Allison, Cralle-Hall Motor Co., GAF Corp., General Elec. Co., IMC Fertilizer, Inc., Laidlaw Waste System, M & T Corp., Mobil Oil Corp., Owens-Illinois, Inc., Proler Intern. Corp., Shell Oil Co., Tampa Elec. Co.

Robert E. Hogfoss, Catherine D. Little, Hunton & Williams, Atlanta, GA, for Bryson Environmental Service, Inc.

Peter James Hobson, Tampa, FL, for CDB Pizza, Inc.

Joseph W. Clark, William A. Gillen, Jr., Shackleford, Farrior, Stallings & Evans, P.A., Tampa, FL, Charles H. Tisdale, Jr., C. Paul Chalmers, King & Spalding, Atlanta, GA, for Cargill Fertilizer, Inc.

John A.C. Guyton, III, Alley & Ingram, Tampa, FL, for Central Oil Co.

Daniel E. Vineyard, Law Office of Daniel E. Vineyard, Houston, TX, for Chevron USA, Inc., Gulf Oil Corp.

Clemons Septic Cleaners, pro se.

Neil O'Kane Bowman, Coastal Fuels Marketing, Inc., Miami, FL, for Coastal Fuels Marketing, Inc.

Joseph W. Clark, William A. Gillen, Jr., Shackleford, Farrior, Stallings & Evans, P.A., Tampa, FL, for Continental Can Co.

Enola Tobi Brown, Annis, Mitchell, Cockey, Edwards & Roehn, P.A., Tampa, FL, for Countryside Country Club, Inc., Hillsborough Community College, Hillsborough County Bd. of Public Instruction.

Dale William Vash, Ronald H. Noble, Fowler, White, Gillen, Boggs, Villareal & Banker, P.A., Tampa, FL, for Cummins Florida, Inc., Tank Welding and Service Co., Inc.

Timothy D. Hoffman, Coolidge, Wall, Womsley & Lombard, Dayton, OH, for ESI Meats, Inc., Ponderosa Restaurant, S & A Restaurant Corp.

Kelly H. Scoffield, T. Dean Simmons, Exxon Co., U.S.A., Houston, TX, for Exxon Co., U.S.A.

James Michael Porter, Holland and Knight, James P. Ahrens, Law Office of James F. Ahrens, Miami, FL, for Florida Power Corp.

David J. Beasley, Florida Power & Light Co., Miami, FL, for Florida P & L.

Martin Lee Garcia, Karen E. Ross, Hill, Ward & Henderson, P.A., Tampa, FL, for Fredco, Inc.

Robert H. Mackenzie, Law Office of Robert H. Mackenzie, Wesley Chapel, FL, for Gaffin Environmental Services, Inc.

Walter C. Hall, Jr., Law Office of Walter C. Hall, Jr., Clearwater, FL, for Golden Triangle Portable Toilet Co., Inc. Dominick Joseph Graziano, Hearne, Graziano, Nader & Buhr, P.A., Tampa, FL, Charles H. Pangburn, III, Kim K. Burke, Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, Cincinnati, OH, for Helena Chemical Co.

Howard S. Seitzman, Brown, McCarroll & Oaks Hartline, Austin, TX, for Humana, Inc.

Reynold Laurence Caleen, Jr., Oertel, Hoffman, Fernandez, Cole & Edenfield, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, for International Petroleum Corp., MRI Corp.

Jimbo's Pit Bar-B-Que of Tampa, Inc., pro se.

Harold H. Lehman, Lakeland, FL, for Jimbo's Pit Bar-B-Que of Tampa, Inc.

Karen E. Ross, Hill, Ward & Henderson, P.A., Tampa, FL, for Latin Village Cafe., Montgomery Ward & Co.

Latin Village Cafe, pro se.

Lee Kirk and Sons, pro se.

Mark McRae Schabacker, Arnold, Morris, Frank & Schabacker, P.A., George F. Gramling, III, Frank, Schabacker, Gramling, Simmons & Dunlap, Tampa, FL, for Leto Sanitary Service Co.

Kenneth F. Darrow, Miami, FL, for Lum's Restaurant Corp.

Debra Crenshaw, Tampa, FL, for Mary's Miracle Restaurant.

Stanley Edward Marable, Sarasota, FL, for Mike's Septic Tank Service, Inc.

William Barrett Taylor, IV, Macfarlane, Ausley, Ferguson & McMullen, Karen E. Ross, Hill, Ward & Henderson, P.A., Tampa, FL, for Miller Septic Tank Co., Inc.

Anthony J. Abate, Abel, Band, Russell, Collier, Pitchford & Gordon, Chartered, Sarasota, FL, for Muffler Shops of St. Petersburg, Inc.

Leo H. Meirose, Jr., Tampa, FL, for Murphy Oil, USA, Inc.

John W. Berry, Jr., Law Offices of S. Sy Sherr, Sarasota, FL, for Need a Diver Marine Service, Inc.

Patricia Lamont, Tampa, FL, for Nick's Restaurant.

Michael L. Chapman, Holland & Knight, Tampa, FL, C. Bryant Boydstun, Jr., Boydstun, Dabroski & Lyle, P.A., St. Petersburg, FL, Pamela E. Savage, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, Atlanta, GA, for Nottingham Co.

Robert B. Alpaugh, Temple Terrace, FL, for Pasco Plumbing.

Peak Oil Company, pro se.

Charles A. Eidson, Tampa, FL, for Peak Oil Co.

Pinellas Septic Service, pro se.

Charles Garon Stephens, Law Office of Charles G. Stephens, George F. Gramling, III, Frank, Schabacker, Gramling, Simmons & Dunlap, Tampa, FL, for Publix Super Markets.

Redi-Strip of Central Florida, Inc., pro se.

Jack Pule, Tampa, FL, for Redi-Strip of Cent. Florida, Inc.

Joseph W. Clark, William A. Gillen, Jr., Shackelford, Farrior, Stallings & Evans, P.A., William Albert Gillen, Fowler, White, Gillen, Boggs, Villareal & Banker, P.A., Tampa, FL, Kathryn B. Fuller, Beveridge & Diamond, New York City, John S. Guttmann, Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., Washington, DC, for Redwing Carriers, Inc.

John B. Grandoff, III, Hill, Ward & Henderson, P.A., Tampa, FL, for Rosedale Manor, Inc., Ruskin Produce Packing Corp., Tampa Maid, Inc.

Scott Irwin Steady, Taub & Williams, P.A., Gregory Paul Holder, Williams, Reed, Weinstein, Schifino & Mangione, P.A., Tampa, FL, for Corporation Roto-Rooter.

Seabreeze Restaurant, pro se.

George C. Licata, Tampa, FL, for Seabreeze Restaurant.

Craig Alan Minegar, Bush, Ross, Gardner, Warren & Rudy, P.A., Tampa, FL, for Seafood Enterprises, Southeast Oil and Development Corp.

Janine M. Landow-Esser, Holleb & Coff, Chicago, IL, for Swift-Eckrich, Inc.

Michael Neil Brown, Allen, Dell, Frank & Trinkle, Tampa, FL, for Tampa General Hosp., Tampa Soap & Chemical Corp. Jack Murray Larkin, Spicola & Larkin, P.A., Tampa, FL, for Tampa Port Authority.

Alice Ruth Huneycutt, Stearns, Weaver, Miller, Weissler, Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A., Tampa, FL, for Texaco, Inc.

William Cook Ballard, Fisher & Sauls, P.A., St. Petersburg, FL, Gayle Buttram Carlson, Gayle B. Carlson, P.A., Tampa, FL, for Tim's Waste Oil.

Gary John Takacs, U.S. Attorney's Office, M.D.Fla., Tampa, FL, Russell M. Young, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Div., Environmental Defense Section, Washington, DC, for the U.S., U.S. Coast Guard, Dept. of Air Force.

Gary John Takacs, U.S. Attorney's Office, Tampa, FL, for Dept. of Transp., Nat. Transp. Safety Bd.

Ronald H. Noble, Fowler, White, Gillen, Boggs, Villareal & Banker, P.A., Tampa, FL, for University of Tampa.

Alice Ruth Huneycutt, Stearns, Weaver, Miller, Weissler, Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A., Tampa, FL, Daniel E. Vineyard, Law Office of Daniel E. Vineyard, Houston, TX, for Warren Petroleum Co.

Virginia H. Howard, Dixon & Dixon, Dallas, TX, for Western Sizzlin.

Robert E. Hogfoss, Catherine D. Little, Hunton & Williams, Atlanta, GA, for Allwaste Services.

Andrea E. Zelman COR LD NTC Icard, Merrill, Cullis, Timm, Furen & Ginsburg, P.A., Tampa, FL, William W. Merrill, III, Icard, Merrill, Cullis, Timm, Furen & Ginsburg, P.A., Sarasota, FL, A. Bruce White, Karaganis & White, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Safety Kleen Corp.

Andrea E. Zelman, Icard, Merrill, Cullis, Timm, Furen & Ginsburg, P.A., Tampa, FL, William W. Merrill, III, Icard, Merrill, Cullis, Timm, Furen & Ginsburg, P.A., Sarasota, FL, Robert Charles Davis, Detroit, MI, for Stroh Brewery Co.

ORDER

KOVACHEVICH, District Judge.

This cause is before the Court on the following:

1. A. Joint Motion by Plaintiff, Hillsborough County, and Defendant, American Cyanamid Company, to clarify the Court's Order (Docket No. 345) with respect to the motion to dismiss, with prejudice, American Cyanamid Company from this action. (Docket No. 357)

B. Motion by Defendant, Hillsborough County School Board, in opposition to the joint motion of Plaintiff, Hillsborough County, and Defendant, American Cyanamid Company, to clarify the Court's Order. (Docket No. 370)

C. Motion by Defendant, Exxon Corporation, in opposition to joint motion to clarify the Court's Order. (Docket No. 374)

D. Motion by Defendants, Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc., Coastal Detroit Diesel/Allison, Inc., Cralle-Hall Motor Company, Florida Power Corporation, GAF Corporation, General Electric Company, IMC Fertilizer, Inc., Laidlaw Waste Systems, Inc., Mobil Oil Corporation, Owens-Illinois, Inc., Proler International Corp., Shell Oil Company, and Tampa Electric Company (hereinafter "the Bridgestone Group"), in opposition to joint motion to clarify the Court's Order. (Docket No. 400)

2. Motion by Defendants, the "Bridgestone Group," to dismiss Plaintiffs' claim for attorney fees under Count I and Count II of the second amended complaint. (Docket No. 401)

3. A. Motion by Defendants, the "Bridgestone Group," to dismiss Count III and...