Fearing Legal Flood, Defendants Seek Rehearing Of CERCLA ‘Arranger’ Suit

Defendants are urging an appeals court to revisit its precedential decision holding that the Superfund law does not require “arrangers” to have knowledge that disposed-of waste is hazardous, warning that such a ruling is at odds with Supreme Court and other precedents and threatens a sea change in Superfund law that could open a significant number of businesses up to litigation. Defendants in the suit 68th Street Site Work Group v. Alban Tractor Co. Incorporated, et al. , filed a...