Suits under CERCLA against other polluters not barred by res judicata

Arrow Gear Co. v. Downers Grove Sanitary Dist., 09-1509, concerned plaintiffs’ suits under section 113(b) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. section 9613(b), seeking to shift some of the costs to other polluters that plaintiffs had incurred as a result of having been found liable for groundwater contamination in a class action suit. 

 

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  • Read the Seventh Circuit’s Full Decision in Arrow Gear Co. v. Downers Grove Sanitary Dist., 09-1509

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