U.S. Asks Appellate Court To Uphold Dismissal Of Superfund Law Liability

The United States is urging a federal appellate court to uphold a ruling that found the federal government not to be liable as an "owner" under the Superfund law for extensive contamination stemming from a company's mining operations on public lands, arguing courts have discretion to interpret the term owner and that legal title to lands is not enough to impose owner liability. The United States says the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit should uphold a district...