Property Owner Seeks Rehearing Of 3rd Circuit’s Environmental Rights Act Ruling

Mealey's (August 17, 2016, 7:13 AM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — The Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals should reconsider its decision rejecting an appeal by a property owner seeking to hold Chapter 11 debtor The Flintkote Co. liable for pollution at a New Jersey property because the court erred in finding that the property owner cannot pursue its claims under the Environmental Rights Act (ERA), the property owner argues in an Aug. 9 petition for rehearing (8 E. Frederick Place LLC v. The Flintkote Co., et al., No. 15-2886, 3rd Cir.)....