Jones-Hamilton Co. v. Beazer Materials & Services, Inc., JONES-HAMILTON

CourtUnited States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (9th Circuit)
Writing for the CourtBefore GOODWIN, FLETCHER, and BRUNETTI; FLETCHER
Citation973 F.2d 688
Decision Date24 August 1992
Docket NumberJONES-HAMILTON,No. 91-15054
PartiesCO., a California Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BEAZER MATERIALS & SERVICES, INC.; Kop-Coat, Inc., a Pennsylvania Corporation; Koppers Company, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.
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118 practice notes
  • Dent v. Beazer Materials and Services, Inc., Civil Action No. 2:89-2851-8.
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 4th Circuit. United States District Court of South Carolina
    • December 28, 1995
    ...Kop-Coat, Inc., 750 F.Supp. 1022, 1026, 1027 (N.D.Cal.1990), rev'd on other grounds; Jones-Hamilton Co. v. Beazer Materials & Serv., Inc., 973 F.2d 688 (9th Cir.1992) (CERCLA does not limit "the freedom of private parties to contract amongst Under CERCLA, private parties remain accountable ......
  • United States v. Sterling Centrecorp Inc., No. 2:08–cv–02556–MCE–JFM.
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 9th Circuit. United States District Courts. 9th Circuit. Eastern District of California
    • June 24, 2013
    ...after the operative contract. Iron Mountain Mines, 987 F.Supp. at 1241;see Jones–Hamilton Co. v. Beazer Materials & Services, Inc., 973 F.2d 688, 693 (9th Cir.1992) (finding that a 1970 indemnification clause included after-arising CERCLA environmental liability); Philadelphia Elec. Co. v. ......
  • California Toxic Substances v. Payless Cleaners, No. S-02-2389 LKK/DA.
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 9th Circuit. United States District Courts. 9th Circuit. Eastern District of California
    • March 4, 2005
    ...duty to dispose of waste and exercised actual control over manner of disposal); Jones-Hamilton Co. v. Beazer Materials & Services, Inc., 973 F.2d 688 (9th Cir.1992) (where the defendant provided raw materials to a chemical formulator who transformed them into preservation compounds, he was ......
  • Clark v. the Prudential Ins. Co. of Am., Civ. No. 08-6197 (DRD)
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 3th Circuit. United States District Courts. 3th Circuit. District of New Jersey
    • September 9, 2010
    ...subsequent indication from the California courts that our interpretation was incorrect." Jones-Hamilton Co. v. Beazer Materials & Servs., 973 F.2d 688, 696 n. 4 (9th Cir.1992). When the Court sits in diversity jurisdiction, it must predict how a state's highest court would resolve a state i......
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117 cases
  • Dent v. Beazer Materials and Services, Inc., Civil Action No. 2:89-2851-8.
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 4th Circuit. United States District Court of South Carolina
    • December 28, 1995
    ...Kop-Coat, Inc., 750 F.Supp. 1022, 1026, 1027 (N.D.Cal.1990), rev'd on other grounds; Jones-Hamilton Co. v. Beazer Materials & Serv., Inc., 973 F.2d 688 (9th Cir.1992) (CERCLA does not limit "the freedom of private parties to contract amongst Under CERCLA, private parties remain accountable ......
  • United States v. Sterling Centrecorp Inc., No. 2:08–cv–02556–MCE–JFM.
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 9th Circuit. United States District Courts. 9th Circuit. Eastern District of California
    • June 24, 2013
    ...after the operative contract. Iron Mountain Mines, 987 F.Supp. at 1241;see Jones–Hamilton Co. v. Beazer Materials & Services, Inc., 973 F.2d 688, 693 (9th Cir.1992) (finding that a 1970 indemnification clause included after-arising CERCLA environmental liability); Philadelphia Elec. Co. v. ......
  • California Toxic Substances v. Payless Cleaners, No. S-02-2389 LKK/DA.
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 9th Circuit. United States District Courts. 9th Circuit. Eastern District of California
    • March 4, 2005
    ...duty to dispose of waste and exercised actual control over manner of disposal); Jones-Hamilton Co. v. Beazer Materials & Services, Inc., 973 F.2d 688 (9th Cir.1992) (where the defendant provided raw materials to a chemical formulator who transformed them into preservation compounds, he was ......
  • Clark v. the Prudential Ins. Co. of Am., Civ. No. 08-6197 (DRD)
    • United States
    • United States District Courts. 3th Circuit. United States District Courts. 3th Circuit. District of New Jersey
    • September 9, 2010
    ...subsequent indication from the California courts that our interpretation was incorrect." Jones-Hamilton Co. v. Beazer Materials & Servs., 973 F.2d 688, 696 n. 4 (9th Cir.1992). When the Court sits in diversity jurisdiction, it must predict how a state's highest court would resolve a state i......
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1 books & journal articles
  • CERCLA Liability
    • United States
    • Superfund Deskbook -
    • August 11, 2014
    ...751 (7th Cir. 1993) (the words “arranged for” “imply intentional action”). 49. See Jones-Hamilton Co. v. Beazer Materials & Serv., Inc., 973 F.2d 688, 691–94 (9th Cir. 1992); Morton Int’l, Inc. v. A.E. Staley Mfg. Co., 343 F.3d 669, 677 (3d Cir. 2003) (holding that key factors are “(1) owne......

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