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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-758 Moreland Properties LLC, a Colorado Limited Liability Company v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, an Ohio Corporation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-12-29 Pending Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse Waived cercla cost-recovery environmental-law national-contingency-plan private-party-cleanup substantial-compliance Under CERCLA, private parties who clean up contaminated land may recover their costs from polluters only if their cleanup substantially complies with …
25A505 Moreland Properties LLC, a Colorado Limited Liability Company v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, an Ohio Corporation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2025-11-04 Application cercla cost-recovery environmental-cleanup national-contingency-plan state-regulators substantial-compliance Whether a state's approval of a private environmental cleanup action is sufficient to establish substantial compliance with the National Contingency P…
23A286 MRP Properties Company, LLC, et al. v. United States Sixth Circuit 2023-10-02 Presumed Complete CERCLA cost-recovery environmental-cleanup government-control hazardous-waste operator-liability Whether the United States qualifies as an 'operator' under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act when it exercises…
22-126 Gould Electronics, Inc. v. Livingston County Road Commission Sixth Circuit 2022-08-09 Denied Relisted (2) cercla cost-recovery environmental-liability expert-witness expert-witness-fees lobbying necessary-costs-of-response recovery regulatory-determination remedial-action tce-contamination Are fees paid to an expert witness and consultant for lobbying and testimony 'necessary costs of response' under CERCLA?