The Anspec Company, Inc. And Hugh Montgomery v. Johnson Controls, Inc., Hoover Universal, Inc., Hoover Group, Inc. And Ultraspherics, Inc.

U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit · Decided 1991-01-04

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LIVELY, Senior Circuit Judge. The question in this case is whether a successor corporation resulting from a merger with a corporation that had released hazardous waste materials on a previously owned site can be held liable for cleanup costs incurred by the present owner of the polluted property under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, <span class="citation no-link…

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