Land Buyer Cannot Seek Redress By Questioning Consent Decree, 10th Circuit Says

Mealey's (February 26, 2018, 2:16 PM EST) -- DENVER — The buyer of two remediated parcels of land lacks standing to enforce a consent decree between the federal government and defendants in a Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) action to obtain a declaration that a defendant company violated the agreement when conveying a railroad right of way during a separate real estate transaction, a 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Feb. 23 (United States of America v. Colorado & Eastern Railroad Co., No. 16-1374, 10th Cir., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4345)....