U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Apr. 4, 2015
9th Circuit weighs in on fight over contaminated property cleanup
In a reversal, the appellate court holds that while the courts have discretion to decide how to divvy up pollution clean-up costs between sparring parties, judges need to lay out their methodology.
By Fiona Smith
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Tackling an issue that has divided appellate courts across the nation, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday weighed in on how much discretion judges have when divvying up the costs of cleaning up contaminated properties.
A three-judge panel reversed now-retired U.S. District Judge Lawrence K. Karlton, who had ordered the former owner of an industrial laundry and dry cleaning operation in ...
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