9th Circuit Upholds Ruling Allowing Contractor To Recover Portion Of Cleanup Costs

Mealey's (October 16, 2020, 2:10 PM EDT) -- SEATTLE — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Oct. 15 affirmed a California federal judge’s ruling ordering the federal government to repay a contractor for 15 percent of the costs it incurred in remediating a site the contractor previously used for manufacturing aircraft and aircraft parts pursuant to military contracts....