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Environmental

Oct. 2, 2008

U.S. High Court Agrees to Take State Superfund Case

The U.S. Supreme Court will decide to what extent courts can apportion the cost of cleaning up Superfund sites among different parties after it accepted review Wednesday of a recent 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals case.

By Lawrence Hurley

Daily Journal Staff Writer

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court will decide to what extent courts can apportion the cost of cleaning up Superfund sites among different parties after it accepted review Wednesday of a recent 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals case.

It was one of 10 cases the court granted as it continues to fill up its docket for the 2008 term, which starts Monday.

In a March 2007 decision, the 9th Circuit held tha...

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