US v. Stringfellow, CV 83-2501 JMI (MCx).
| Citation | 661 F. Supp. 1053 |
| Decision Date | 04 June 1987 |
| Docket Number | No. CV 83-2501 JMI (MCx).,CV 83-2501 JMI (MCx). |
| Court | United States District Courts. 9th Circuit. United States District Courts. 9th Circuit. Central District of California |
| Parties | UNITED STATES of America, et al., Plaintiffs, v. J.B. STRINGFELLOW, Jr., et al., Defendants. And Related Counterclaims And Third Party Complaints. |
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Michael R.W. Green, Trial Atty., Land & Natural Resources Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Stephen S. Trott, U.S. Atty., James R. Arnold, Asst. U.S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for U.S.
Donald A. Robinson, Deputy Atty. Gen., California Dept. of Justice, Los Angeles, Cal., Michael W. Steinberg, Land and Natural Resources Div., Environmental Defense Section, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Robert C. Thompson, John Rothman, Harlan C. Agnew, Region 9, U.S.E.P.A., San Francisco, Cal., Bill White, Office of the Chief Counsel, State Water Resource Control Bd., Sacramento, Cal., Heidi Hughes, Office of Enforcement & Compliance Monitoring, U.S.E.P.A., Washington, D.C., Marian King, State of Cal. Dept. of Health Services, Sacramento, Cal., Tom Dahl, E.P.A.-N.E.I.C., Denver, Colo., William R. Attwater, California Water Resources Control Bd., Sacramento, Cal., for State of Cal.
Lawrence A. Salibra II, Alcan Aluminum Corp., Cleveland, Ohio, for Alcan Aluminum Corp.
David E. Klein, Shelden, Kulchin, & Klein, Encino, Cal., for Alumax, Inc.
Robert I. McMurry, Sidley & Austin, Los Angeles, Cal., for BKK Corp.
James D. Petterson, Bellflower, Cal., for Capri Pumping Service.
Michael A. Kahn, Douglas N. Sullivan, Folger & Levin, San Francisco, Cal., for The Deutsch Co.
Michael Hickock, McCutchen, Black, Verleger & Shea, Los Angeles, Cal., for General Elec. Co. and Rheem Mfg. Co.
Munger Tolles & Olson, Los Angeles, Cal., for Northrop Corp. and Rockwell Intern. Corp.
Joseph Stell, Stell, Levine & Bookman, Los Angeles, Cal., for General Steel & Wire Co.
Freidrich W. Seitz, Kenneth Moreno, Murchison & Cumming, Los Angeles, Cal., for Paul Hubbs and Lucille Hubbs.
Richard Goff, Rene Tatro, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, San Francisco, Cal., for Hunter Engineering Alumax, Inc.
Wilfred Lemann, Fullerton & Lemann, San Bernardino, Cal., for E. Moe McCook.
Allan J. Topol, Patricia A. Barald, James R. Murray, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C., for McDonnell Douglas Corp., National Distillers & Chemical Corp., Norris Ind.
Martin J. Foley, Bryan, Cave, McPheeters & McRoberts, Los Angeles, Cal., for McDonnell Douglas Corp., National Distillers & Chemical Corp., Norris Ind.
David L. Mulliken, Steven P. McDonald, Latham & Watkins, San Diego, Cal., for Montrose Chemical Corp.
Alexander Chen, Clifford L. Schaffer, Pachter, Gold & Schaffer, Los Angeles, Cal., for Post Transp. Co.
Michael F. Bell, Booth, Mitchel, Strange & Smith, Los Angeles, Cal., for Quemetco, Inc.
Robert E. Kelly, Jr., LaFollette, Johnson, Shroeter & Dehass, Los Angeles, Cal., for Rainbow Canyon Mfg. Corp.
Barry P. Goode, Marilee J. Allon, McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, San Francisco, Cal., for Rohr Industries, Inc.
William L. Siskind, Standard Dredging Corp., Baltimore, Md., Jonathan Kohn, Newark, N.J., for Standard Dredging Corp.
Robert L. Ackerly, Washington, D.C., Joseph D. Lonardo, Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, Columbus, Ohio, for Stauffer Chemical Corp.
James W. Ward, Sharon J. Waters, Thompson & Colegate, Riverside, Cal., Christopher P. Bisgaard, Mary G. Whitaker, Lewis, D'Amato, Brisbois & Bisgaard, Los Angeles, Cal., for J.B. Stringfellow, Jr., Gwendolyn M. Stringfellow, William H. Stringfellow, Stringfellow Quarry Co., Stringfellow Quarry Co., Inc.
Vincent Fish, Chase, Rotchford, Drukker & Bogust, Los Angeles, Cal., for Weyerhauser Co.
Margaret Grover, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, San Francisco, Cal., for Underwriters in London.
Frederick D. Woocher, Joel R. Reynolds, Carlyle W. Hall, Jr., John R. Phillips, Center for Law in Public Interest, Los Angeles, Cal., for intervenors.
Albert J. Galen, Holley & Galen, Los Angeles, Cal., Vincent C. Page, Hill, Farrer & Burrill, Los Angeles, Cal., for Alcan Aluminum Corp., McDonnell Douglas Corp., National Distillers & Chemical Corp., NI Industries, Inc., and Stauffer Chemical Co.
Patrick L. Finley, Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, San Francisco, Cal., for Aerojet-General Corp., Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Aluminum Company of America, American Electronics, Inc., American Mineral Spirits Co., Avery Intern. Corp., AT & T Technologies, Inc., Bestile Mfg. Co., Borg-Warner Corp., Bourns, Inc., California-Doran Heat Treating Co., Carrier Corp., Collier Carbon and Chemical Corp., Chevron U.S.A., Inc., Dart Industries, Inc., Day & Night Mfg. Co., Dixon Hard Chrome Co., Ferro Corp., The Garrett Corp., General Foods Corp., Joslyn Mfg. and Supply Co., Kelley Mfg. Co., Lockheed Corp., MacDermid, Inc., Mask-Off Company, Inc., McKesson Corp., Modern Plating Co., Pacific Tube Co., Proto Tool Co., Purex Industries, Inc., Rich Steel Pickling Co., Sargent-Fletcher Co., Scovill, Inc., S-G Metals Industries, Inc., The Singer Co., Standard Nickel-Chromium Plating Co., Swiss Dairy, Teledyne, Inc., Texaco, Inc., Transamerica Delaval, TRW, Inc., Whittaker Corp.
Charles C. Ivie, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Dean Housell, Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine, Los Angeles, Cal., for Aeroscientific Corp.
William P. Driscoll, Musick, Peeler & Garrett, Los Angeles, Cal., for Alco Min., Inc.
Margaret A. Nagle, Stroock, Stroock & Lavan, Los Angeles, Cal., for Aluminum Extrusion Co.
Timothy R. Thomas, Union Oil Co. of California, Legal Dept., Los Angeles, Cal., for American Mineral Spirits Company, Collier Carbon and Chemical Corp.
David W. Alden, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, San Francisco, Cal., Grossman, Graven, Perry & Block, Los Angeles, Cal., for Ameron, Inc.
Neil M. Schwartz, Burton H. Ward, Inc., Fazio, McDonnell, Briggs, Ward & Holland, La Habra, Cal., for Anchor Post Products, Inc. of California.
Paul L. Riles, Riles and Rumburg, Sherman Oaks, Cal., for Asbury Oil Co.
Patrick H. Hughes, North Hollywood, Cal., for Atlas Galvanizing Co.
Ronald C. Peterson, Tuttle & Taylor, Los Angeles, Cal., for Atlantic Richfield Co. as successor by merger to Anaconda Wire and Cable Co.
Thomas L. Flattery, General Counsel, PCC Technical Industries, Inc., Oficinas Del Mar, Santa Monica, Cal., for Automation Industries, Inc. as successor by merger to Chemical Contour Corp.
Jeffrey Zinder, Thomas C. Mercer, Mercer and Gallagher, Los Angeles, Cal., for J.H. Baxter, Inc.
Fritz A. Max, Waters, McCluskey & Boehle, Los Angeles, Cal., for California Metal Enameling Co.
Fred B. Belanger, Schell & Delamer, Los Angeles, Cal., for Desert Bermuda Properties, successor in interest to Southern California Aircraft Corp.
Larry W. Mitchell, Cotkin, Collins, Kolts & Franscell, Los Angeles, Cal., for Dixon Hard Chrome, Inc.
Richard S. Odom, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, Los Angeles, Cal., for Estech, Inc., sued herein as Swift & Co.
Everett L. Spriggs, Bruce E. Disenhouse, Kinkle, Rodiger and Spriggs, Riverside, Cal., for Fansteel, Inc., as successor by merger to Precision Sheet Metal, Inc.
Patricia H. Sachs, General Foods Corp., Law Dept., White Plains, N.Y., for General Foods Corp.
Robert C. Packard, Kirtland & Packard, Los Angeles, Cal., for General Veneer Mfg. Co., H.K. Porter Co., Inc.
Harman R. Ballin, Levin, Ballin, Plotkin & Zimring, North Hollywood, Cal., for George Industries.
Michael C. Veysey, Business Section Legal Counsel Gould, Inc., Rolling Meadows, Ill., for Gould, Inc.
Gary M. Crane, Crane & Humphries, Glendale, Cal., for G.W. Galloway Co.
Lawrence R. Resnick, Decastro, West, Chodorow & Burns, Los Angeles, Cal., for Halliburton, Inc.
C. William Dahlin, Sharp & Maroot, Hanford, Cal., for Liquid Chemical Co.
William K. Dial, Richard C. Neal, Lawler, Felix & Hall, Los Angeles, Cal., for Hughes Aircraft Co., Spectrolab, Inc.
Ira Reiner, City Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for City of Los Angeles Dept. of Airports.
David L. Nye, Office of the City Atty., Dept. of Water & Power, Los Angeles, Cal., for City of Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power.
James S. Van Dam, McKay, Byrne, Graham, & Van Dam, Santa Ana, Cal., for Los Angeles Galvanizing Co.
Edward D. Vogel, Stephen C. Taylor, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, Los Angeles, Cal., for Martin Marietta Aluminum, Inc. successor in interest to Harvey Aluminum, Inc.
Thomas E. Lynch, III, Miles & Stockbridge, Baltimore, Md., for McCulloch Corp.
Norman A. Dupont, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Santa Monica, Cal., for McCulloch Corp., Ford Aerospace & Communications Corp.
Richard T. Anderson, Best, Best & Krieger, Riverside, Cal., for Northwest Mosquito Abatement Dist.
Marshall A. Rutter, Rutter, O'Sullivan, Greene & Hobbs, Los Angeles, Cal., for Plessey Precision Metals.
Douglas W. Beck, Ronald C. Peterson, Tuttle & Taylor, Inc., Los Angeles, Cal., for Richfield Oil Corp.
Richard D. Roth, Texaco, Inc., Los Angeles, Cal., for Texaco, Inc.
Michael Barclay, Spensley, Horn, Jubas & Lubitz, Los Angeles, Cal., for Tracor Corp. successor in interest to Astro-Science Corp.
Leo M. Pruett, Phil N. Walker, San Francisco, Cal., for U.S. Steel Corp.
Steven P. Rice, Kindel & Anderson, Los Angeles, Cal., for Weber Metals, Inc. Scott J. Stockdale, Morgan, Wenzel & McNicholas, Orville O. Orr, Jr., Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Los Angeles, Cal., Reid, Babbage & Coil, Riverside, Cal., William O. Bresnik, Leslie C. Randal, Mauryne S. Fennell, Los Angeles, Cal., Park Haney, National Enforcement Investigation Center, Denver, Colo., Frank B. Russo, U.S.E.P.A., Office of Waste Programs Enforcement, Washington, D.C., for Wyle Laboratories.
The plaintiffs have moved the Court for partial summary judgment under Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, (hereinafter "CERCLA"), sections 107(a) and 107(b). In addition, the United States has moved to strike defendants' affirmative defenses other than those listed in CERCLA ...
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